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Germany Maximilian II AR medal by Leone Leoni

3500,00 

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Reference : ARM.II-237/4
Numismeo number : 46872
Weight

93,1

Diameter

67,9

Metal

Conservation

Obverse legend

MAXIMILIANVS . D.G . BOHE . REX

Reverse legend

QVO. ME FATA . VOCANT

Reverse

Winged Mercury holding Caduceus

Leone Leoni (c. 1509–1590) was one of the most renowned medal engravers and sculptors of the 16th century, active primarily in Italy and at the imperial court of the Habsburgs. His brilliant career—often marked by a fiery temperament—produced some of the finest numismatic works of the Renaissance.

Link to the medal in Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

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