ITALY, Pietro Rossi, 1716, a cast bronze medal by B.G. Vaggelli, bust right with zucchetto and mantellina, rev. Prudentia, robed, standing left, right hand raised to the sky, left hand holds a serpent, stag couchant at left, 85mm, 148.65g (V & T 359; cf. Sincona 73, 1458; cf. Baldwin 64, 467). Extremely fine and attractively patinated £90-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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Pietro Antonio Rossi was a theologian.