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Lot 113

A bronze medal by Adolfo Pieroni in tribute to the representative of Italians in Alexandria

Italy, 1865

12 November 2024, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£1,500 - £2,000

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A bronze medal by Adolfo Pieroni in tribute to the representative of Italians in Alexandria

Italy, 1865

of circular form, a bust of Giovanni Bruno to one side, the verso with inscription, with fitted case
6.5 cm. diam.

Footnotes

Inscriptions: verso, All'egregio cittadino che con senno e integrità singolare primo rappresentò in Egitto l'Italia libera e una. Gl'Italiani d'Alessandria riconoscenti, 'The Italians in Alexandria are grateful to the esteemed citizen, who with wisdom and singular integrity was the first to represent a unified and free Italy in Egypt'; recto, Commendatore Giovanni Domenico Bruno, A. Pieroni F. nel 1865, 'Commander Giovanni Domenico Bruno, A. Pieroni F. in 1865.'

A medal of this type is in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome (Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, No. 1200567054).

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