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Auction: 8019 - Ancient, English, Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 185

Caterina Sforza Riario (c.1495), bronze cast medal, CATERINA SPOR VICECO DERIARIO IMOLAE FORLIVII DNA, bust of Caterina left, rev. TIBI ET VIRTVTI, Fortuna standing on globe, holding rudder and ball, date MCCCC – LXXXXV across field, 62mm. (Armand II, 58, 19; and III, 276c; Hill, Corpus, 1140), a later cast, very fine Estimate £ 150-200 Like the present medal being offered, the example in Milan (Castello Sforzesco, Medagliere Municipale), cited by Hill, is also described as a later cast with the date MDCCC LXXXXV incised across the field.

Sold for
£300