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Auction: 8019 - Ancient, English, Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 201

Giovanni Baptista Valenzuela, c.1560, cast bronze medal, bust right, wearing cloak and high ruff, rev. standing figures of Honour and Virtue, 44mm. (Muzeo Mazzuchelli plate CXVIII, no. 5), a contemporary cast, very fine, rare Estimate £ 150-200 The only reference to this medal can be found in Mazucchelli (1746), who refers to the sitter as an honorary Spanish jurisprudence and royal chancellor.

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