New York museum buys medieval medal at London auction

This late medieval repoussé medal depicting ‘The Emperor Heraclius’s Return of the True Cross to Jerusalem’ proved the highlight of the Sir Timothy Clifford collection of Renaissance and Baroque medals sold by Morton & Eden in London.

Estimated at up to £10,000, it was bought by The Cloisters Museum in New York for £18,000.

The hist…

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