210, Lot: 469. Estimate $150. Sold for $311. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papal Bullae. Clement VIII (Ippolito Aldobrandini). 1592-1605. PB Bulla (39mm, 45.00 g, 12h). · + ·/CLE/MENS/· PAPA ·/· VIII [·]/· + [·] in six lines; all within linear-beaded border; (star stops) / Bare heads of Sts. Paul and Peter, facing slightly right and left, respectively, each within halo; S/P/A and S/P/E above, long cross between; all within linear-beaded border. Serafini II 809 (same dies as bulla illustrated). Good VF, a few deposits.

From the Luparello Collection.

A Florentine student of law from a modest background, Clement VIII sought a foreign policy which distanced the Vatican from Spain and toward France, ending the religious war and gaining a powerful ally. He issued many decrees against Jews, including where to live and what to sell, and banned the reading of the Talmud. The later part of his papacy was affected by his poor health which left him bedridden for much of it.