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Auction: 8019 - Ancient, English, Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 202

Cosimo de´Medici, c.1565, cast bronze medal by Pietro Paolo Galeotti, armoured bust right, rev. helmeted soldier presenting a standard to another, other soldiers around, 43mm. (Armand II, 198, 9; Attwood 864; Bargello 427; coll. Johnson 58), good fine, a later cast of moderate quality Estimate £ 150-200 This medal commemorates the militia of Tuscany and their organisation under Cosimo.

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