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Auction: 7030 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Comm Medals
Lot: 183

Italy, Maximilian of Austria and Maria of Burgundy, bronze medal by Giovanni Candida, 48mm., bust of Maximilian right, his hair bound with a band of myrtle and falling in long curls to his shoulders, rev. bust of Maria right, her hair plaited and knotted at the back, crowned monogram behind (Arm.I, 80,1; Hill 831; Kress 225; Pollard 1,187), aftercast, roughly tooled in the fields, light brown patina, very fine Estimate £ 150-200 Probably made on the occasion of the marriage of Maximilian and Maria in 1477

Sold for
£180