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Auction: 25007 - … British and World Coins and Medals featuring The Oriole Collection of Gold and Silver English Coins
Lot: 450

Italy, Venetian School, Cardinal Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), Bronze Medal, undated, PETRI BEMBI CAR, draped bust right, rev. the fountain of Hippocrene gushing forth at the feet of Pegasus, 55.4mm, 53.44g (Attwood 217; Armand I, 146, 1; Pollard 562 = Kress 484b; Bargello 818; Toderi/Vannel 747), small spot of verdigris to reverse, some minor contacting otherwise with a pleasing brown patina, very fine and an early cast

Provenance

Morton & Eden, 20 May 2010, lot 383

Paul Amos collection, Piasa, Paris, 8 March 1999, lot 318

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Estimate
£600 to £800

Starting price
£500