210, Lot: 339. Estimate $150. Sold for $125. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papal Medals. Eugenius IV (Gabriele Condulmer). 1431-1447. Æ Medal (42mm, 42.04 g, 12h). · EVGENIVS · IIII PONT · MAX ·, bust left, wearing tiara and mantum / REDDE CVIQVE SVVM, Dei manus holding scales. Mazio 7; Lincoln 323. EF.

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.