Italy. Florence. Gian Gastone de’ Medici, last Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1671-1737. Medal 1685 (Bronze, 87 mm, 193.84 g). By Massimiliano Soldani Benzi. IO GASTO AB ETRVRIA PRINCEPS AET SVAE A XIV Long-haired bust of the future Grand Duke of Florence as a young teenager to right. Signed M SOLD F below bust. Rev. NVLLA NISI ARDVA VIRTVS Winged Virtue directs the young prince away from Frivolity, shown holding flowers and lyre, toward the mountain top. Under the exergual line, 1685 M S (date and initials of the sculptor). Vannel Toderi vol. II, n. 192. Deposits, otherwise, Extremely Fine original cast.

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Italy. Florence. Gian Gastone de’ Medici, last Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1671-1737. Medal 1685 (Bronze, 87 mm, 193.84 g). By Massimiliano Soldani Benzi. IO GASTO AB ETRVRIA PRINCEPS AET SVAE A XIV Long-haired bust of the future Grand Duke of Florence as a young teenager to right. Signed M SOLD F below bust. Rev. NVLLA NISI ARDVA VIRTVS Winged Virtue directs the young prince away from Frivolity, shown holding flowers and lyre, toward the mountain top. Under the exergual line, 1685 M S (date and initials of the sculptor). Vannel Toderi vol. II, n. 192. Deposits, otherwise, Extremely Fine original cast.

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