Commemorative Medals, Numismatic Books

Italy, FAUSTINA BORDONI, 1723, a cast bronze medal in the baroque style by G. Broccetti, bust right, pearl cord fastens dress, rev. Bordoni as a siren, singing to Ulysses standing on his ship, QVIS TAM FERREVS VT TENEAT SE, 86mm (Niggl 380; Voltolina 1420; Johnson, 1975, pp.120-3; VT 107). A clear cast, good very fine £120-150

Faustina Bordoni (1697-1781), Florentine mezzo-soprano, is famously remembered for her very public row in 1726 with her rival Madam Cozzini, on stage of the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, and with Caroline, Princess of Wales, who was in the audience