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176 NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE.
IVSTITIA . AVGVSTA, &c., nude man seated on cuirass,
40 19s. ; of Galleazzo Marescotti, Senator of Bologna, by
Antonio Marescotti, with bust to 1., rev. LOIALMENT, &c.,
broken column surrounded by plaited hair, 157 10s. ; of
Constantio Sforza, Lord of Pesaro, by Enzola, with his bust
to 1., rev. bust of his father, Alessandro Sforza, 102 IBs. ; of
Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan, by Pisano, rev. duke
on horseback attended by two soldiers, 157 10s. ; of Giovanni
Francesco Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, by Pisano, rev.
Gonzaga on horseback attended by knight, OPVS . PISANI,
&c., 105 ; of Alfonso V. the Magnanimous, King of Aragon
and Sicily, by Pisano, bust to r. between helmet and crown,
rev. eagle and vultures, LIBERALITAS . AVGVSTA .
,
68 5s. of ; Sigismondo d'Este, by Sperandio, rev. winged
Genius holding palm and scales, 182 14s. of Borso ; d'Este,
Duke of Ferrara, by Amadio da Milano(?), rev. flower, from
centre of which rises serpent, 50 8s. of Francesco
;
Sforza, Duke of Milan, by Pisano, rev. horse's head, beneath,
sword, 42 of ; Vergilio Malvezzi, Bolognese Ambassador,
by Sperandio, rev. nude bearded man seated,
holding sword and left foot on hound, 159 12s. of ; Isotta
da Rimini, by M. de Pasti, rev. elephant, 22 la. of
;
Filippo Maselano, Venetian poet, by Giov. Boldu, rev. Arion
on dolphin, 173 5s. of Prisciano de ; Prisciani, by Sperandio,
rev. Prometheus holding arrow and plumes, under his feet, dead
vulture, 236 5s. of Vittorio ; Pavoni, Orator and Scribe, and
his wife Tadea, with their portraits, by Sperandio, 372 15s. ;
of Aretino, the poet, by Augustino Veneziano, rev. VERITAS .
ODIVM, &c., angel crowning Truth, 27 6s. ; of Elisabetto
Gonzaga Feltre, Duchess of Urbino, rev. Danae receiving
golden shower, 186 10s. ; of Aemilia Pia Feltre, of Urbino,
rev. a pyramid, 94 10s. a ; square plaque which appears to be
a portion of a medal with male bust to 1. dividing A . F . ,
215 5s. of Louis XII. of France and Anne of ; Brittany,
marriage medal, bust of king surrounded by fleurs-de-lis, 42 ;
and another of same king, with rev. soldier on horseback with
firebrand, followed by hounds riding towards group of women,
134 8s. of ; Rabelais, with rev. winged Genius stepping out
of ship, 19 19s. ; a shell with portrait of Charles V., Emperor,
wearing golden fleece, 21 and a medal of ; Mazarin, with rev.
Hercules and Atlas suj porting globe, 20 2s. It will be seen
from the above quotations that the prices realised by the artistic
medals in this sale are higher than those of any previous sale of
this class of medals, and that the taste for these works of art is
much on the increase.
H. G.