Italy, Giovanni II Bentivoglio, c.1460, a cast bronze medal by Sperandio of Mantua, armoured bust right, hair long and wearing tall cap, reverse Bentivoglio riding horse to left, equestrian figure of his squire behind, OPVS · SPERANDEI, 91mm (Hill, Corpus, 391; Kress 128; cf. Clifford 27; BDM V, 588). An aftercast of considerable age from a pierced original, fine (£80-120)

Giovanni II Bentivoglio (1443-1509: Lord of Bologna 1462-1506)