412, Lot: 859. Estimate $200. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Benedict XIII. 1724-1730. Æ Medal (38mm, 24.92 g, 12h). Canonization of of St. John Nepomuk. Ermenegildo Hamerani, engraver. Dated 1729. BENED · XIII P · MAX · A · VI, bust left, wearing camauro, mozzetta, and pallium and raising hand in benediction / APOTHEOSIS IN LATERANO, Saint advancing left on cloud being crowned by angel to right; in exergue, S · IOAN NEPOM/MDCCXXIX in two lines. Mazio 429; Lincoln 1747; Whitman 164. Superb EF, red-brown surfaces.
Ex Luparello Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 210, 13 May 2009), lot 1747.