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Auction: 8019 - Ancient, English, Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 187

St Paul (c.1500), cast bronze medal, PAVLVS APOSTOLVS VASELECTIONIS, large bust of St Paul right, his head nimbate, rev. BENEDICTE / INEXCELSIS DEO / DOMINO DE FONTI / BVS ISRAEL IBI BENI / AMIM ADOLESCENV / LVS IN MENTIS / EXCESSV in seven lines, 89mm. (Armand II, 7, 4; hall 120; Hill, Corpus, 902; Kress 244), old collection inventory number ´49´ in ink above legend on the reverse, an early cast, good very fine, attractive brown patina Estimate £ 800-1,200 Examples cited by Hill in Berlin, London and Lyon all have diameter of 89mm.

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£750