210, Lot: 387. Estimate $100. Sold for $236. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papal Medals. Paul V (Camillo Borghese). 1605-1621. Æ Medal (25mm, 11.80 g, 12h). Dated year 14 (1618/9). PAVLVS · V · · PONT · MAX, bust facing slightly left, wearing mantum; · A · XIIII below / Christ kneeling right, washing the feet of a disciple, seated slightly left; disciples around; in exergue, TV DOMINVS ET/MAGISTER in two lines. Mazio 173; Lincoln 914. Near EF.

From the Luparello Collection.

Beginning as a lawyer educated at Perugia and Padua, Paul V excelled in canon law and sought to restore immunities for the clergy. Venetian defiance caused a dispute which lead to Paul V’s excommunication of the Venetian government and interdiction on the entire city. Venice remained firm and the Pope later withdrew the censure.