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Auction: 8004 - An Important Collection of Renaissance Medals & Plaquettes
Lot: 115

Andrea Guacialotti (1435-1495) Pope Sixtus IV, bronze medal, 67.5mm., a late cast, rich brown patina, number in white paint on reverse Obverse: bust of Sixtus IV in profile to left, wearing triregno and piviale, +SIXTVS · PP IIII · - VRBIS · RENOVATOR Reverse: an emperor standing at left, holding winged caduceus in left hand and clasping with his right the hand of a draped female figure (Concordia, or Ecclesia) who stands at right holding a cornucopia in her left hand, CONCOR ET AMATO (R) - PAC I - PON · MAX · PPP·, in exergue ·ECCLESIA Francesco della Rovere (1414, Pope 1471-1484), had been behind the attempt to overthrow the Medici in the so-called Pazzi Conspiracy of 1478 which resulted in war between the Papacy, supported by Naples, and Florence, This medal might celebrate the truce that was declared in December 1480. The reverse is taken from a medal of Constantine by Cristoforo di Geremia. Such borrowing was typical of Guacialotti. References Armand I, 56, 4; Bargello I, 155; Hill 753 Estimate £ 400-600

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