Pope Sixtus IV
Constancy
Bronze, cast, 61.1 mm Ø, 81.4 g
By Andrea Guacialoti, dated 1481.
Obverse: Bust of Sixtus IV facing left wearing tiara, cope, and morse. Around, · SIXTVS · IIII · PON · · MAX · SA CRICVLT' (Sixtus IV, Supreme Pontiff, Upholder of the Faith).
Reverse: Constancy standing nude, holding staff with right arm and resting left arm on fluted column, holding long scarf across her middle. To the left, ships in harbor. To the right, Turkish captives. Around, · PARCERE · SVBIECTIS · ET DEBELLARE SVPERBOS and across center · SIXTE POTES (Sixtus, you can spare the conquered and defeat the proud). Incised across upper field, MCCCC LXXXI (1481). In exergue, · CONSTANTIA · (Constancy).
Description coming soon.
Provenance:
Corinphila Veilingen 247, 2-3 October 2020, lot 5233 [Dr. J. P. van Erp collection].
Rudolph Lepke, 22-23 April 1913, lot 298.
References:
Hill 1930 (Corpus), no. 751
Pollard 2007 (NGA), no. 239