Experts in Coins & Medals

SPANISH NETHERLANDS - BELGIUM. Brussels. Alessandro Farnese, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, and Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro, 1545-1578-1586-1592. Medal (Silver, 38 mm, 17.88 g, 12 h), an original cast of exceptional quality, by Giuliano Giannini (fl. 1560 - ✝︎ 1599), on Farnese's capture of Maastricht in 1579, Brussels, circa 1586-1592. 𐩕ALEXANDER•PAR•PLAC•DVX•III•ET•CT• Bare-headed and draped bust of Farnese to right; below bust, IVLIANO•FE. Rev. 𐩕INVITVS•INVITOS• (=I destroyed them against my will, and certainly against their's or, more simply, reluctantly ⟨destroyed⟩ the unwilling) View of the siege of Maastricht; below the ramparts, MAESTREHC. Cf. Pollard, Bargello, 783 (but bronze). TV, XVI, 1643. Van Loon (French) I, p. 265, ii = Van Loon (English) I, p. 215, 1579-11. Very rare. A splendid example, beautifully toned and with a superb portrait. Extremely fine.

MEROVINGIANS, Vienne. Poitiers (region). Circa 700-725. Denier (Silver, 12 mm, 0.90 g, 9 h). + PON●T Diademed(?) head to right. Rev. SIGOLENO Cross within circle of pellets. Bull. de Numismatique 12 (1905), p. 109, 6 (this coin). Depeyrot p. 119, 2 (this coin). Trésor de Bais 213 (this coin). Probably unique. Small patches of corrosion, otherwise, very fine.