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lot # 50052LA - Numismatics > Biblical & Religious themes
Italy: bronze medal fashioned after 16th C. Venetian Jesus medals, with standard 5-line Hebrew leg. on rev (eg. Hill p.50) משיח | מלך באבש | לום ואדמא | רם עשוי | חי; on obv. in place of portrait of Jesus, left-facing head possibly of Holy Roman emperor Charles V - this medal/design unlisted in Hill; 20.75g, 34mm. Appears to be letter "P" below portrait. Medallist may be Giovanni del Cavino, Leone Leoni or Giovanni Antonio De Rossi.
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