255, Lot: 418. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Gregorius XIII (Ugo Boncompagni). 1572-1585. Æ Medal (30mm, 13.99 g, 12h). By Gian Federigo Bonzagni. Dated 1572. · GREGORIVS · XIII · PONT · MAX · AN · I/· P · P ·, bust left, wearing camauro and mozzetta / · VGONOTTORVM · STRAGES · 1572 · (the massacre of the Huguenots), massacre scene. Mazio 110; Lincoln 697-9; Whitman 14. EF, dark brown surfaces, reverse die broken. A later striking.

From the C.W. Pearson Collection.