Exceptional Struck Original Luca Salvioni by Cavino

Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). Portrait Medal of Luca Salvioni (d. 1536).

37.9 mm. 34.4 grams. Struck in bronze. Armand I, 184, 31; Attwood 262; Toderi & Vannel 924. Draped bust to right, LVC AS SALVIO NVS PAT IVR CON / Ceres standing with book at left and cornucopia at right, boar's head at feet, LEGIFE RAE CERERI around. Coin turn. An exceptional struck portrait medal by Cavino. Nicely centered and fully struck on a robust planchet. Golden olive patina shows some brassy highlights on highest points of relief. A bit of shallow verdigris is seen in some areas, most prominent at lower right obverse and below the portrait's nose. Die subtly cracked from rim outside the beaded border, through the crown of the head and below the chin into the field below N of CON at lower right obverse. A few minor planchet flaws at upper reverse are harmless to the exceptional eye appeal. An extremely pleasing and important production of this legendary medalist. We record two struck specimens of this medal sold at public auction in the last decade, a 2018 sale by Numismatica Ranieri at €9,000 and a 2019 sale by Paoletti & Bernardi at €20,400. This is finer than the former and overall either equivalent to or finer than the latter.

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

Estimate: $15000.00 - $20000.00