Auction Catalogue

10 May 2007

Starting at 1:30 PM

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Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 429

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10 May 2007

Hammer Price:
£85

Italy, Antonio Cocchi, 1735, a cast bronze medal by A. Selvi, draped bust right, rev. figures symbolic of Philosophy and Hygieia, scientific apparatus at left, 85mm (Bargello 7609; Johnson 146; VT 205; Clifford 320). Graze in reverse field, otherwise very fine, patinated (£100-150)

Plate 18. Antonio Cocchi (1695-1758), doctor of medicine, philosopher and cataloguer of the Medici collections