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Lot # 469
Francisco Vidal da Noya, ?-1492. Bronze medal attributed to Lysippus. (Bronze, 39.04 mm, 36.08 g). FRANCISCVS VITALIS NOIANVS Bust lwft wearing round capwith back edge turned up, and closefitting dress; below two leaves on stalk. Rev. GRATITUDO ET BENEFICEN TIA Androclus nude walking left accompanied by lion. Cfr. Hill 814; Armand III, 177d; Pollard I, p. 340. Not in Kress. Brown patina, holed and plugged. Very fine late cast.