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46-5° PART I
Rev. OPVS PAVLI DE RAGVSIO. Female figure,
in classical drapery, standing 1., holding purse
in r., resting with 1. on serpent-entwined sceptre.
Ground line with hooked ends. Linear border.
Arm. I, 26, 2 (45 mm.). Tres. de Num. I, xviii, 3.
Friedl., p. 192, no. 2. Fabr., p. 99. [^. Pl. 12.]
(a) Berlin, 45 mm. Simon, no. 186 (fig.). (Z») Florence,
45 mm. Sup., no. 41. Good, (c) London, f 45 mm.,
ex Leo Hamburger, Auction, June, 1920, Pl. iv, 78.
(<Z) Padua, (e) Paris (Valton), f 45 mm. (/) Vienna,
46 mm. Bronze gilt. Heraeus, Pl. 31, 2. (£-) Henry
Oppenheimer, f 46 mm., ex Heseltine, Burl. Mag., xvi,
Oct. 1909, p. 25, Pl. ii, 1; B. F. A. C., Ital. Sc., p. 91, no. 6.
46. Obv. Same as no. 45.
Rev. FORT1TVDO MEA ET LAVS MEA DNS
Same type as no. 45. Plain border.
London (George III), f 44-5 mm. Burl. Mag., xvi,
(1909), p. 25, Pl. ii, 2. [Pl. j2.]
Exactly the same as no. 45 except for the rev. inscription.
For the motto see Pisanello’s medal, no. 43.
MONTEFELTRO (Federigo, Count of),
afterwards Duke of Urbino.
47. Obv. FEDERICVS CO MONTIS FERETRI VRBI
Nl DVRANTIS QVE Bust 1., with unbroken nose,
wearing mortier and plate-armour over mail.
Rev. OPVS PAVL1 DE RAGVSIO and in upper
field REGIVS ICAPITANEVS | GENERALIS Ermine,
wearing collar, walking 1.
Arm. I, 26, 1 (45 mm.). R. Reposati, Zecca di Gubbio
(1772), p. 249 (formerly Bologna, Mus. di S. Salvatore).
Hab., Pl. xxi, 1. [b. Pl. 12.]
(a) Bologna, Mus. Civ., 143 mm. (b) London (George 111),
f 43 mm. Poor cast, (c) Paris (Valton), f 42-5 mm.
Poor cast, (d) Vienna, 43 mm. ‘ Bad after-cast.’ Tres.
de Num. II, xv, 4.
The ermine was a device of Federigo’s; the type does
not refer to the Order of the Ermine, which he received in
Naples in 1474. Friedlander’s erroneous dating to that
year is accepted by Karabacek, though it has been fully
refuted by Fabriczy.
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL
UNATTRIBUTED PIECES OF THE REIGN OF ALFONSO V AND FERDINAND I
ALFONSO V, King of Aragon.
48. Obv. ALFONSVS D G R ARAGONVM Bust
1., clothed (details of bust obscure). Plain
border.
Rev. VICTOR SICILIAN in arc above; PACE
REGIT in arc in exergue. Chariot r. driven
by angel and drawn by four horses. Plain
border.
40 mm. Ruchat Sale, Part iv (1923), no. 744, Pl. xiv.
[Pl. 12.]
The lettering suggests the hand of Paolo da Ragusa (the
A appears to be unbarred) but the piece is unfortunately too
much worn to enable the authorship to be decided.
49. Obv. • ALFONSVS REX • ARAGONVM Bust r.,
wearing armour. Pearled border.
Rev. VICTOR • SIC ILIE*P*REGI Similar
type to no. 48. Pearled border.
Struck ?
Arm. 1,11, 34(25 mm.). Heraeus, Pl. 31, 5. Tres. de Num.
I, v, 2. Heiss, Pis., p. 30, no. 23 bis, Pl. x, 2. Friedl., p. 42,
no. 31. Hill, Pis., Pl. 61. A. Sambon, Riv. It. Num., vi
(1893), p. 75. Hab., Pl. x, 3. [a. Pl. 12.]
(a) London, f 25 mm. (cast), ex Ruchat Sale, Part iv
(1923), no. 743 a, Pl. xix, 29 mm. (Z>) Paris (Armand-
Valton), f 25 mm. Cast, (c) Mrs. Constantine lonides,
25 mm. Cast.
Sambon (loc. cit.} describes this piece as being struck from
dies. It is copied from no. 48, but it is difficult to say
whether the two are by the same hand.
49 bis. There is considerable doubt of the genuineness of
the silver piece of Alfonso published by Cagiati {Monete del
Reame delle Due Sicilie, fasc. vi, 1913, p. 101): ‘ALFONSVS
REX’ARAGONVM, rev. BRVNDVSINA’FEDELITAS*
two columns entwined by a scroll. A specimen in bronze
(30 mm.) shown to me in 1925 is certainly not contemporary,
nor, probably, at all old. For the origin of the reverse type
and motto, see Cagiati, op. cit., p. 103, no. 2.
CATO (Angelo) of Supino, philosopher and
physician.
50. Obv. ANGELVSCATOSVPINASPHYLOSOPHVS
ETMEDICVS Head r., bust undraped. Pearled
border.
Rev. None.
Arm. HI, 176, c (40 mm.). [a. Pl. 12.]
(a) London (George III), lead, 41 mm. S. I. M., Pl. 38,2.
(Z>) Paris (Armand-Valton), 40 mm. with alien rev. (Vic-
trix Fortunae fortissima Virtus), by Jacques Gauvain
(see N. Rondot, Jacques Gauvain, Lyon, 1887, p. 44).
Arm., loc. cit.
Ns, Cato went to Burgundy in 1470 or earlier, to negotiate
the marriage to the Duke’s daughter first of John of Calabria,
(d. 1470), then of Nicolas (d. 1473), and remained there after-
wards, the medal is probably earlier than 1470.
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Rev. OPVS PAVLI DE RAGVSIO. Female figure,
in classical drapery, standing 1., holding purse
in r., resting with 1. on serpent-entwined sceptre.
Ground line with hooked ends. Linear border.
Arm. I, 26, 2 (45 mm.). Tres. de Num. I, xviii, 3.
Friedl., p. 192, no. 2. Fabr., p. 99. [^. Pl. 12.]
(a) Berlin, 45 mm. Simon, no. 186 (fig.). (Z») Florence,
45 mm. Sup., no. 41. Good, (c) London, f 45 mm.,
ex Leo Hamburger, Auction, June, 1920, Pl. iv, 78.
(<Z) Padua, (e) Paris (Valton), f 45 mm. (/) Vienna,
46 mm. Bronze gilt. Heraeus, Pl. 31, 2. (£-) Henry
Oppenheimer, f 46 mm., ex Heseltine, Burl. Mag., xvi,
Oct. 1909, p. 25, Pl. ii, 1; B. F. A. C., Ital. Sc., p. 91, no. 6.
46. Obv. Same as no. 45.
Rev. FORT1TVDO MEA ET LAVS MEA DNS
Same type as no. 45. Plain border.
London (George III), f 44-5 mm. Burl. Mag., xvi,
(1909), p. 25, Pl. ii, 2. [Pl. j2.]
Exactly the same as no. 45 except for the rev. inscription.
For the motto see Pisanello’s medal, no. 43.
MONTEFELTRO (Federigo, Count of),
afterwards Duke of Urbino.
47. Obv. FEDERICVS CO MONTIS FERETRI VRBI
Nl DVRANTIS QVE Bust 1., with unbroken nose,
wearing mortier and plate-armour over mail.
Rev. OPVS PAVL1 DE RAGVSIO and in upper
field REGIVS ICAPITANEVS | GENERALIS Ermine,
wearing collar, walking 1.
Arm. I, 26, 1 (45 mm.). R. Reposati, Zecca di Gubbio
(1772), p. 249 (formerly Bologna, Mus. di S. Salvatore).
Hab., Pl. xxi, 1. [b. Pl. 12.]
(a) Bologna, Mus. Civ., 143 mm. (b) London (George 111),
f 43 mm. Poor cast, (c) Paris (Valton), f 42-5 mm.
Poor cast, (d) Vienna, 43 mm. ‘ Bad after-cast.’ Tres.
de Num. II, xv, 4.
The ermine was a device of Federigo’s; the type does
not refer to the Order of the Ermine, which he received in
Naples in 1474. Friedlander’s erroneous dating to that
year is accepted by Karabacek, though it has been fully
refuted by Fabriczy.
NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL
UNATTRIBUTED PIECES OF THE REIGN OF ALFONSO V AND FERDINAND I
ALFONSO V, King of Aragon.
48. Obv. ALFONSVS D G R ARAGONVM Bust
1., clothed (details of bust obscure). Plain
border.
Rev. VICTOR SICILIAN in arc above; PACE
REGIT in arc in exergue. Chariot r. driven
by angel and drawn by four horses. Plain
border.
40 mm. Ruchat Sale, Part iv (1923), no. 744, Pl. xiv.
[Pl. 12.]
The lettering suggests the hand of Paolo da Ragusa (the
A appears to be unbarred) but the piece is unfortunately too
much worn to enable the authorship to be decided.
49. Obv. • ALFONSVS REX • ARAGONVM Bust r.,
wearing armour. Pearled border.
Rev. VICTOR • SIC ILIE*P*REGI Similar
type to no. 48. Pearled border.
Struck ?
Arm. 1,11, 34(25 mm.). Heraeus, Pl. 31, 5. Tres. de Num.
I, v, 2. Heiss, Pis., p. 30, no. 23 bis, Pl. x, 2. Friedl., p. 42,
no. 31. Hill, Pis., Pl. 61. A. Sambon, Riv. It. Num., vi
(1893), p. 75. Hab., Pl. x, 3. [a. Pl. 12.]
(a) London, f 25 mm. (cast), ex Ruchat Sale, Part iv
(1923), no. 743 a, Pl. xix, 29 mm. (Z>) Paris (Armand-
Valton), f 25 mm. Cast, (c) Mrs. Constantine lonides,
25 mm. Cast.
Sambon (loc. cit.} describes this piece as being struck from
dies. It is copied from no. 48, but it is difficult to say
whether the two are by the same hand.
49 bis. There is considerable doubt of the genuineness of
the silver piece of Alfonso published by Cagiati {Monete del
Reame delle Due Sicilie, fasc. vi, 1913, p. 101): ‘ALFONSVS
REX’ARAGONVM, rev. BRVNDVSINA’FEDELITAS*
two columns entwined by a scroll. A specimen in bronze
(30 mm.) shown to me in 1925 is certainly not contemporary,
nor, probably, at all old. For the origin of the reverse type
and motto, see Cagiati, op. cit., p. 103, no. 2.
CATO (Angelo) of Supino, philosopher and
physician.
50. Obv. ANGELVSCATOSVPINASPHYLOSOPHVS
ETMEDICVS Head r., bust undraped. Pearled
border.
Rev. None.
Arm. HI, 176, c (40 mm.). [a. Pl. 12.]
(a) London (George III), lead, 41 mm. S. I. M., Pl. 38,2.
(Z>) Paris (Armand-Valton), 40 mm. with alien rev. (Vic-
trix Fortunae fortissima Virtus), by Jacques Gauvain
(see N. Rondot, Jacques Gauvain, Lyon, 1887, p. 44).
Arm., loc. cit.
Ns, Cato went to Burgundy in 1470 or earlier, to negotiate
the marriage to the Duke’s daughter first of John of Calabria,
(d. 1470), then of Nicolas (d. 1473), and remained there after-
wards, the medal is probably earlier than 1470.
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