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Auction: 8019 - Ancient, English, Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 182

Leonello d´Este (c.1440), cast bronze portrait medal by Nicholaus, LEONELLVS MARCHIO ESTENSIS, bust of Leonello left, with short wavy hair and wearing brocaded dress, rev. QVAE VIDES NE VIDE, a blindfolded lynx, seated left on a square tasselled cushion, signature NICHOLAVS. F:, grooved border both sides, 85mm. (Armand I, 15; Habich pl.xix, 3; Heiss (1883) p.10, pl. I, I; Hill, Corpus, 75), a later cast, medium brown patina, minor verdigris in the folds, attractive nonetheless Estimate £ 200-400

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