Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). Portrait Medal of Marcantonio Contarini (c.1485-1547).39.0 x 38.4 mm. 32.2 grams. Struck in bronze. Armand I, 180, 11; Attwood 270; Toderi & Vannel 939. Portrait of Contarini to left, - M - ANTONIVS CONTARENVS / PATAVI VM, Padua seated to left on battle trophies, holding scales and cornucopia, - M - D - XL - in exergue below. Reverse rotated a bit counterclockwise from coin turn. Holed at 12 oclock with a neat small hole, cracked on edge adjacent. Glossy mahogany with brassy highlights. Smooth fields surround well detailed devices. A bit of scattered shallow verdigris is present on the obverse. An exceptionally handsome original striking by Cavino, struck in 1540 to mark Contarinis elevation to podesta of Padua.<p>From the Santini Collection of Renaissance Medals. Earlier from the Jonathan H. Kagan Collection of Renaissance Medals.
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