Cardinal Fabio Mignanelli

Giovanni Zacchi (Italian (Bolognese), about 1512–15 to about 1565)

after 1550

Object PlaceItaly

Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze

DimensionsDiameter and weight: 77 mm, 6.7 oz. (3 1/16 in., 190 gm)

Credit LineLucy Stone Brewer Fund

Accession number23.205

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ClassificationsNumismatics

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "FA[ellision over]:MIGNANE[ ]S·EPS[ellision over]:LVC[ellision over]:BON[ellision over]:[ ]:VIC[ellision over]:". Reverse: Inscribed at edge ".LACHRIMARV[ellision over]:FLVCTVS·ET·AMORIS·".

ProvenanceBy 1875, C.C. Perkins, Boston; 1909, transferred from C.C. Perkins to Charles B. Perkins, Boston; 1923, sold by Charles B. Perkins to the MFA for $1000 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: April 5, 1923)

NOTES:
[1] MFA accession numbers 23.202-209 were acquired together for $1000.