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LOT 2025
Bronze Medallion Group
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
2 - 3 in. (211 grams total, 52-74 mm).
Comprising: with raised rim, profile portrait of von Cheron by Gianlorenzo Bernini; with band of pellets to border, legend '. DVX . LVDOVICVS . XII . DEI . G . FRAN . REX . MEDIOLANI -- ' and reverse ' SEMPER . AVGVSTVS . VICTOR . TRIVMPHATOR .'; ellipsoid with high-relief bust and legend 'GABRIEL SCHEVRL ÆTAT 67' and 'VIVAT POST FVNERA VIRTVS'. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
Austrian private collection for at least 90 years.
Ex central London gallery.
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