Medal of Antoine Perrenot, Cardinal de Granvelle (verso)

Medal of Antoine Perrenot, Cardinal de Granvelle (verso)

recto: bust wearing hooded cassock; trace of signature on truncation; rev., Aeneas’s ship in stormy waters (Attwood 987; Kress 635 = Pollard 432), suspension loop damaged, fine contemporary cast with brown patina

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Sold by Morten & Eden at auction in June 2016 for 320 GBP; https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=1566&lot=53 

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Recto
Arma virumque cano: Singing Vergil's Aeneid in Early Modern Europe
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Associated Passages
Vergil, Aeneid I 198-207
Agent
Giovanni Melone
Date
16thc.
Medium
bronze medal
Dimensions
42mm
Inscription
DVRATE ("persevere," Vergil, Aeneid 1.207)
Location
unknown
Image Credit
Sailko (Wikimedia Commons)

Medal of Antoine Perrenot, Cardinal de Granvelle (recto)

Medal of Antoine Perrenot, Cardinal de Granvelle (recto)

recto: bust wearing hooded cassock; trace of signature on truncation; rev., Aeneas’s ship in stormy waters (Attwood 987; Kress 635 = Pollard 432), suspension loop damaged, fine contemporary cast with brown patina

Comments

Sold by Morten & Eden at auction in June 2016 for 320 GBP; https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=1566&lot=53 

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Verso
Arma virumque cano: Singing Vergil's Aeneid in Early Modern Europe
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Image Source
Type
Image
License
Creative Commons Attribution
Agent
Giovanni Melone
Date
16thc.
Medium
bronze medal
Dimensions
42mm
Location
unknown
Image Credit
Sailko (Wikimedia Commons)
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