Coins, Historical Medals & Paper Money

ITALY, Niccolò III d’Este, Marquess of Ferrara, a cast bronze medal attributed to A. di Milano, bust right with severe cropped haircut, rev., below crown, in Gothic letters and triangulated, d o m, 51mm (Hill, Corpus 68; Armand I, 16, 1; cf. Pollard [2007], 47). An old aftercast, about very fine but with verdigris stain to centre of reverse £120-150

Amadio di Milano (fl. 1437-82), Milanese goldsmith, seal-engraver and medallist, known to have worked in the court of Ferrara. The medal is more commonly found with an engraved inscription on the obverse and a shield of arms on the reverse