Domenico Poggini (1520–1590) was an Italian sculptor, engraver, medallist, goldsmith, and poet. POGGINI DOMENICO in: Lorioli, Biographies of Italian Medallists and Engravers (Italian), retrieved 26 June 2014.
Poggini was born in Florence. His father Michele Poggini and brother Giampaolo Poggini were also artists. In 1556 he was appointed diecutter for the Florentine Mint. In 1588 he was appointed chief engraver at the mint in Rome by Pope Sixtus V.L. Forrer, Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, POGGINI DOMENICO, Volume IV, London 1909, p. 628-632 He died in Rome 1590. Some of his works can be seen at the British Museum.
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