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                    Lot: 606
                
                    
                        Italy, Alessandro Volta, laudatory medals, 1838 (2), bronze, 49 mm., by F. Putinati, draped bust left, rev. inscription (BDM IV/712), both good extremely fine (2) Estimate £   100-120  Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), Italian physicist, inventor of the electric battery.                        
                                            
                
                    
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                        £80