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Inscription

around circumference in spiral: HIC VIR OPTIMVS PAVPERV PATE DIE BVS SVIS INVMEROS SERVAVIT CIVES PATRIAM SVSTINVIT ORNAVITQ SACRA RESTAVRAET XIT TESTATVS DENIQ ONEM

Provenance

Stroganoff collection;[1] Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his heirs; purchased with the entire Dreyfus collection 9 July 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); sold 31 January 1944 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[2] gift 1957 to NGA.

Bibliography

2007
Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 1:no. 101, repro.

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