Lot 213: [ ITALIAN MEDALS ]

ANTONIO ABONDIO (1537/1538-1591) Rudoph II (1552-1612), Holy Roman Emperor from 1576, silver medal, RVDOLPHVS II ROM IMP AVG, bust right wearing mantle and ruff; signed behind bust, AN:AB., rev., SALVTI PVBLICÆ, an eagle soaring in the skies towards light radiating from a wreath, 47.7mm (Attwood 1147; Armand I, 269, 7; Pollard 539 = Kress 465; Habich 3419), a very fine contemporary cast, showing the guidance lines for the inscriptions on the original model

Provenance: Morton & Eden, 27 June 2006, lot 403.