| Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 292 | Auction date: 6 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 166 Price realized: 15 GBP (Approx. 19 USD / 18 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals Girometti, Pietro (Italian, 1811-1859); b. Rome ITALY, La dottrina della poesia antica, Roma [The Doctrine of Antique Poetry, Rome], 1840, a copper medal by P. Girometti, busts of Pietro Metastasio, Ennio Visconti and Bartolomeo Pinellio in wreathed medallions, rev. legend in 5 lines, 49mm, 58.74g (Johnson 230; cf. Inasta 66, 3069; cf. DNW 64, 1304). Extremely fine £30-£40 --- Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782) was a poet and librettist; Ennio Quirino Visconti (1751-1818), a politician and antiquarian; and Bartolomeo Pinellio (1781-1835), an illustrator and engraver. |  |
