Coin-Like Medal of the Viceroy of Naples

Girolamo Santacroce (1502-1537). Portrait Medal of Andrea Caraffa, Count of Santa Severina and Viceroy of Naples.

37.0 x 37.5 mm. 33.1 grams. Bronze. Armand II, 108, 13; Kress 109; Pollard 155. Helmeted bust to left, ANDREAS CARRAFA - S SEVERINAE COMES / Prudence seated, NILABEST in exergue. Coin turn. A thick early cast with the brassy surface tone of a sestertius. Darker toning and shallow encrustation present around design elements, some smoothing scratches seen in right obverse field. Handsome and well detailed.

From the Santini Collection of Renaissance Medals. Earlier from the Jonathan H. Kagan Collection of Renaissance Medals.

Estimate: $1000.00 - $1500.00