267, Lot: 579. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Filippo Pirovani. Decanus della Sacra Rota, died 1643. Æ Medal (89mm, 183.4 g, 12h). Cast after a struck original by Johann Jacob Kormann, circa 1641. Mantled bust right / Ship under sail right. Forrer III p. 206-7. Good VF.

The Sacra Rota, or Roman Rota, is the highest ecclesiastical court in the Holy See, appointed by the Pope himself.