210, Lot: 338. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papal Medals. Eugenius IV (Gabriele Condulmer). 1431-1447. Æ Medal (40mm, 26.34 g, 12h). 17th-18th century aftercast. · EVGENIVS · IIII PONT · MAX ·, bust left, wearing tiara and mantum / NICOLAI · TOLENTINATIS · SANCTITAS · CELEBRIS · REDDITVR, view of the ceremony of the canonization of St. Nicholas of Tolentino; in exergue, · SIC · TRIVMPHANT/ELECTI in two lines. Cf. Mazio 6; cf. Lincoln 320. VF.

From the Luparello Collection.

Born to a wealthy Venetian family, Eugene IV took strong action against the numerous entitlements granted to the family of his predecessor, Martin V, an act which caused a great deal of controversy, along with the Council of Basel. Improvement only began when he was forced to flee for Florence, whereupon he established a union of the Eastern and Western churches with Byzantine Emperor John VIII Palaeologos.