CNG 102, Lot: 1331. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Orciano (marchesi). Tommaso Obizzi. 1791-1796. AR Medaglia – Scudo d’argento (41mm, 27.22 g, 12h). Commemorating the Death of his Wife, Barbara Querini, 23 October 1796. Dated 1796 (in Roman numerals). THOMAS. ORCIANI. ET. S. R. I. MARCHIO. VN. CR. BO. COM. &, draped bust left; (LS) below bust / BARBARÆ QVIRINI/SPONSÆ DVLCISSIMÆ/MORIBVS INGENIO/PRÆCLARÆ/INTEMPESTIVA MORTE/PEREMPTÆ DIE XXIII OCT/THOMAS OBICIVS/MŒRENS/MEMORIAM PERENNAT/A · S · MDCCXCVI · (For Barbara Querini/[his] dearest spouse/by ancestors [and] by temperament/renowned/due to an untimely death/taken away on XXIII October/Tommaso Obizzi/in mourning/the memory preserves/in the year of our Lord MDCCXCVI) in ten lines. CNI XI 2; Morosini 2; MIR 357. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare.