Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1296. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Massa and Carrara. Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este. Duchess, 1790-1796, 1814-1829. Æ Medal (58mm, 69.75 g, 12h). Restoration of the hereditary Duchy of Modena and Reggio. Carrara mint; Iosef Lang, engraver. Struck 1814. Draped bust left, wearing stephane; initials of engraver on truncation of bust / Minerva standing facing with owl at feet to right, holding shield decorated with gorgoneion and spear, and resting hand on genius of Carrara, holding hammer and chisel and resting hand on Belveder Torso set on low basis; initials of engraver below exergue line. Forrer III, p. 295. Near EF, toned, proof surfaces, minor marks.