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678. Portrait Medal of the Emperor Commodus, c.1520
Bust of the Emperor Commodus, right.
Lion attacking a horse before a columned and arched building.
By Giovanni Bernardi da Castel Bolognese.
Bronze. 42 mm. (1.65 inches) in diameter.
Almost very fine, flatness to the head of the lion.
Sorry this item is sold.
References: Philip Attwood, ''Giovanni Bernardi and the question of medal attribution in 16th century Italy'', Perspectives on the Renaissance Medals (2000), p. 169, fig. 11.
Notes: An extremely rare original striking, on a thick and heavy flan, the weight of which is 75.50 grammes.
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