Medal: Charles VIII, model 1485–95 (possibly cast 19th century), Italian or French, Bronze (Copper alloy with warm brown patina)., Diam. 5.7 cm, wt. 65.28 g., Medals, Depicted on the obverse is Charles VIII (1470 – 1498), king of France (1483 – 98); on the reverse is Hercules wrestling the Nemean Lion. The medal is possibly a nineteenth-century aftercast, given the even and dull wear on the surface of both sides
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Medal, Charles VIII, model 1485–95, cast 19th century, Italian, French, Bronze, Copper alloy, warm brown patina, Diam, 5.7 cm, wt, 65.28 g, Medals, Depicted, obverse, 1470 – 1498, king, France, 1483, 98, reverse, Hercules wrestling, Nemean Lion, medal, nineteenth-century aftercast, given, even, dull wear, surface, sides
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