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1439

Renaissance. Hercules. Cast oval Bronze Medal, undated, 38 mm x 33 mm, 48.3g, by Giovanni da Cavino.

Powerful laureate head right, cast as if ‘set’ with the obverse of a coin of Bruttium (Kroton) with head of

Hera Lakinia. The obverse a sharp casting. The reverse a most unusual flight of fantasy by the medalist. (cf.

Attwood 298; Hill, Corpus, 411; Kress 411; Pollard (2007) 468). Choice very fine.

$ 500

from the collection of medals formed by William Victor Royle Baldwin (known as Roy or Uncle Roy), one of A H Baldwin &

Sons Ltd founder’s three sons, he was born in 1893

Normally with the reverse showing a messenger bringing the hero the shirt of Nessus, and because of the initials on the reverse

attributed to ‘The Monogrammist H B’.

1440

Renaissance. The Entombment and Lamentation of Christ, below Calvary, a slightly tapering Rectangular

Cast Bronze Plaquette with arched top. Rossi (Scaglia) 82 mm x 68 mm, 106.1g, by Giovanni Bernardi

(Giovanni da Castelbolognese, 1494-1553), signed IO. B.F. at bottom. The Madonna and four disciples lift

the body of Christ into the tomb, two further weeping figures stand to left, above to right the three crosses

with several figures around and, below, a horseman riding away towards the walled city of Jerusalem. An

early cast, pierced at top.

Extremely rare.

Very fine.

$ 1,000

from the collection of medals formed by William Victor Royle Baldwin (known as Roy or Uncle Roy), one of A H Baldwin & Sons

Ltd founder’s three sons, he was born in 1893

1441

Renaissance. The Dictator and Consul Julius Caesar (100-44 BC). Uniface Cast Bronze Medal, after the

Antique, 16

Century, 39mm, 38.1g. Laureate and draped bust right, lituus behind, DIVI IVLI. (V&T,

Bargello 29/30; Pope Hennesey (Kress) 270, fig 58; Calveri 51, Bekker (Leipzig) 70). Somewhat concave

flan, minute piercing below bust. Very fine.

$ 250