Hill, George Francis: A corpus of Italian medals of the Renaissance before Cellini: in 2 volumes (Volume 1): Text (London: British Museum, 1930)

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MEDICI (Giuliano de’), Due de Nemours.
887. Obv. MAGNVS IVL1ANVS MEDICES Head
1., with curly hair. Pearled border.
Rev. C P in field, ROMA in exergue. Roma,
wearing tunic leaving r. breast bare, seated 1.
on cuirass and shields, holding in r. figure of
Victory r. with wreath in hands; her 1. rests on
a shield. Pearled border.
Arm. II, 94, 3 (33 mm.); Ill, 193, a. Litta, Medici,
no. 7. Heiss, Flor., i, p. 152, no. 3. [/. obv., Pl. 141.]
(«) Brescia, 34 mm. Rizz., no. 511. (Z>) London,
| 34 mm., ex Alfred Morrison (Glendining Sale Catal.,
1928, lot 237). (c) Milan (Med. Mun.), J 33-5 mm.
(</) Another (Brera), | 33-5 mm. With loop, (e) Paris,
| 34 mm. (/) Formerly Rosenheim, | 33 mm. Sale
Catal. (1923), no. 205. Hill, Rom. Med., pp. 57 f.,
Pl. x, 7.
This and similar medals (see below) were made for dis-
tribution to the crowds at the festivities celebrating the
adoption of Giuliano as citizen and baron of Rome; a con-
temporary authority explains C P as ‘consenso pubblico’.
888. Obv. Similar to preceding, but framed in
wreath.
Rev. None.
Arm. II, 94, 4 (40 mm.). Heiss, Flor., i, p. 152, no. 4.
[Z>. Pl. 141.]
(«) Brescia, 41 mm. Mazz. I, xxxv, 2. Rizz., no. 512.
(Z>) London, 42 mm. Purchased of Merzbacher (1926)
{MUnchenerMtinzverkehr, Nr. 25, 2902). (c) H. Oppen-
heimer, 42 mm., ex Butler Sale, 1911, no. 921, ex
Guastalla, 1882.
889. Obv. MAG IVLIANVS MEDICES Similiar
to no. 887 (the head from same model) but
lettering larger. Pearled border.
Rev. Same as no. 887 (same model). Pearled
border.
Mazz. I, xxxv, 1. [c. obv., Pl. 141.]
(a) Berlin, 33 mm. Simon, no. 319. (Z>) Florence, 32 mm.
Sup., no. 631. Fair, (c) London, J 34 mm. Keary,
no. 222. (d) Another (George HI), | 34 mm. (9 Milan
(Med. Mun.), | 34 mm. Gilt on obv. (/) Gustave
Dreyfus, | 33 mm. Rev. gilt.
And many others.
For another medal of Giuliano, see under Gambello (no.
456 bis).
According to Milanesi (apud Arm. HI, 193, a) the Sienese
goldsmith Giov. Batt, di Bernardino made a medal of the
Due de Nemours for Cardinal Giov. de’ Medici, son of
Duke Cosimo I.
ARSAGO (Girolamo), Bishop of Nice
1511-42.
890. Obv. H1ER y ARSAGVS y EPS v NICIEN v IVL1I v
II v ALVMNVS v Bust 1., tonsured, wearing cape
with small hood. Pearled border.
Rev. POST I IVLII 1 II I CINERES | MDXIH | (leaf).
Pearled border.
Arm. II, 128, 2 (45 mm.). [A Pl. 142.]
(a) Avignon, Musee Calvet, f 45 mm. (6) Gustave Dreyfus,
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f45mm. Arm., loc. cit. (c) Formerly Marchese Guido
Cavriani of Mantua. V. Poggi in Giorn. stor. e lett.
della Liguria, i (1900), pp. 126-8. (d) Formerly Lanna,
45 mm. Sale Catal., no. 259, Pl. 16.
Perhaps cast in Rome at the date named on the reverse.
BERRUTI (Amadeo).
891. Obv. AMADEVS A BERRVT a EP VS v AVGV a
GVBERNATOR a ROME a Bust 1., wearing ber-
retta and mozzetta.
Rev. (All incised) EX CVSSIS y SORDIBVS a
mvdiscl a manibvs a madvca te Shield of
arms (squirrel eating a nut) surmounted by a
bishop’s mitre.
Arm. HI, 204, h (65 mm.). [a. Pl. 142.]
(«) Berlin, 65 mm. Arm., loc. cit.
Berruti was appointed Governor of Rome on n Apr.
1514 and dismissed in 1517, in or before July; see Rodo-
canachi, Rome au temps de Jules II, &c., p. 275. As he
did not become Bishop of Aosta until 1515, the date of the
medal is still further limited.
BRAN CON I (Giov. Batt.).
892. Obv. + | • IO • BAP • I BRANCONIVS | AQVILA
NVS I ACVBICVLO I SECRETVS I + Pearled bor-
der.
Rev. + I LEONIS I DECIMI | PONT MAX I BENEFI
CIO j ANNO DOMINI | MDXVII | + Pearled border.
Venuti, p. x. [a. Pl. 142.]
(a) London (George HI), f 42mm. Cast.
Some kind of tessera or pass? Cp. that of Raffaello
Riario attributed to Lysippus (above, p. 208, no. 804).
MONTE SANSAVINO (Antonio Maria
Dionisio Ciocchi del).
893. Obv. ANT a DYONISIVS a CAR a S y VITALIS
(two wreaths between three mounts of three summits). Bust
1., tonsured, wearing cape with small hood.
Pearled border.
Rev. aZELVS y HELYE a Figure (Elijah?) in
a car drawn r. by two prancing horses.
(a) Berlin, 40 mm. Berlin Exh. (1898), Pl. xli, 7 and 10.
Simon, no. 284. [Pl. 142.]
894. Obv. (trefoil slipped) ANT y DY y CAR a S a PRAX a
AP a s a l y VMB y p y Qa Bust r., wearing berretta
and cape with hood.
Rev. Within a heavy oak-wreath a mount of
three summits, between y c y l y ce y above and
y sc a ex a below.
Arm. II, 97, 18 (45 mm.). [a. Pl. 142.]
(«) Berlin, 45 mm. Simon, no. 283. (Z>) London (George
III), | 44 mm. Late cast, (c) Paris, 45 mm. Arm.,
loc. cit. Heiss, Flor., ii, p. 226, 3, Pl. xxi, 6.
Antonio (sometimes called Ant. Maria) Ciocchi del Monte
Sansavino was promoted Cardinal of S. Vitale on 17 Mar.
1511, and translated to S. Prassede on 14 July 1514. He
died on 20 Sept. 1533. These two medals give authority for
Dionisio as his second name: cp. the relief at Berlin, Schott-
miiller, no. 383.
The earlier of the two medals, describing him as Cardinal
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