287, Lot: 705. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Sixtus IV (Francesco della Rovere). 1471-1484. Æ Medal (44mm, 42.20 g, 12h). Dated 1475. Bust left, wearing tiara and mantum / View of the sealed
porta sancta (the Holy Door); 1475 in exergue. Mazio 23; Lincoln 395. EF, warm brown surfaces, a few deposits and marks on the reverse.
From an old English collection.