210, Lot: 471. Estimate $150. Sold for $461. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papal Bullae. Clement XI (Gianfrancesco Albani). 1700-1721. PB Bulla (40mm, 54.86 g, 12h). +/CLE/MENS/PAPA/XI in five lines; all within linear-beaded border / Bare heads of Sts. Paul and Peter, facing slightly right and left, respectively, each within halo; [S]/S and [P]/P above, long cross between; all within linear-beaded border. Serafini III 624-9. Good VF, minor roughness, yellow chord still intact.

From the Luparello Collection.

Clement XI, born to a noble family in Urbino, became a patron of education and the arts, founding a public library and augmenting the collection in the Vatican. He faced great conflict, however, in the form of the War of Spanish Succession soon after his accession and was eventually forced to support the claims of each side.