2798 - Italy - Medal - AE
CHF 120.00
Italia - Medaglia erotica fusa, XVI secolo, Scuola veneziana, Due Satiri. AE (40.2 mm - 32.67 g.). Att 416, Pollard, Bargello III, 813, Waddington, The Medal, 14, pp 12-23. Qualità: bella fusione antica.
Italy - Erotic cast Bronze Medal, 16th Century, Venetian School. Bust left with mantle, the head formed of the features of a lion, toad, and dolphin, etc, rev bust left formed of male genitalia, AE (40.2 mm - 32.67 g.). Att 416, Pollard, Bargello III, 813, Waddington, The Medal, 14, pp 12-23. Quality: a fine old cast.The medal reverse is found on a medal of Pietro Aretino (Att 406), but the attribution that the obverse depicts Paolo Giovio has been dismissed by Waddington.
