Francesco Quirini, a bronze medal by G. Cavino, bust right with legend, rev. wolf and twins, 34mm (Kress 396; Armand I, 184/30; BDM I, 372; cf. Clifford 141). Reverse a little off-centre, otherwise about extremely fine, nicely patinated (£60-80)

Provenance:
The Property of a European Collector, DNW Auction 37, 8 September 1998, lot 1042.

Francesco Quirini, Venetian poet and Procurator of St Mark’s, who believed his family was descended from Romulus