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Auction: 24124 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 36: British and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1853

Italy, Giovan Federico Bonzagni, Bronze Signed Medal, Ottavio Farnese, 2nd Duke of Parma (1524-1586), undated, OCTAVIVS . F . PARM . ET . PLAC . DVXII ., armoured bust left, rev. Parma amidst a pile of arms, 32mm, 23.16g (Arm. I, 223, 12; Rosati 113; cf. Bargello 782 [for obverse]), lustrous to light brown fields, extremely fine

Provenance

The "Estafefette No. 21" Collection of Ancient, English and World Coins

Sotheby's, 23 May 1988, lot 48, 'brown patina, a very fine original striking

Dr Nussbaum Collection, Zurich, 26 February 1934

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Sold for
£900

Starting price
£350