210, Lot: 420. Estimate $100.

ITALY, Papal Medals. Clement XIII (Carlo della Torre di Rezzonico). 1758-1769. Æ Medal (30mm, 12.19 g, 12h). Ottone Hamerani, engraver. Dated 1758. CLEM · XIII · P · M · AN · I ·, bust left, wearing camauro, mozzetta, and pallium / ORIETVR · IN · DIEBVS · EIVS ·, female figure standing facing, head slightly right, holding scales and cornucopia; MDCCLVIII in exergue. Mazio 482; Lincoln 1881-2; Patrignani 3. Superb EF.

From the Luparello Collection.

A Venetian who studied law at a Jesuit institution in Bologna, Clement XIII’s past played a vital role during his pontificate. Progressives in France, Spain, the Two Sicilies, and Portugal sought the suppression, and later expulsion, of the Jesuits. As he maintained the Order’s usefulness, relations between the Vatican and the states deteriorated up to his untimely death.