Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559Auction date: 3 April 2024
Lot number: 844

Price realized: 1,000 USD   (Approx. 926 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


ITALY, Ferrara. Leonello d'Este. 1407-1450. Æ Medal (98mm, 212.8 g, 12h). Marriage to Maria d'Aragona. By Antonio Pisano (Pisanello). Dated 1444 (in Roman numerals), though a later cast. Bust left; · GE · R · A´R · above; LEONELLVS | MARCHIO/· ESTE | NSIS across field; · D · FERRARIE · REGII · ET · MVTINE ·below / Cupid standing left on rocky ground, holding scroll and teaching lion standing right to sing; behind lion, eagle standing left in bare tree; to right, cippus decorated with ship left under sail and · M ·/CCCC/XLIIII; to right of cippus; · OPVS ·/PISANI ·/PICTORIS . Pollard 10. Brown surfaces. Good VF. A very good quality cast.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.


Estimate: 500 USD