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№ 785

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10 December 2024

Hammer Price:
£460

Italy: Papal States, Alexander VII, End of the Plague in Rome, c. 1659, a large bronze medal by Gioacchino Francesco Travani and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, bearded bust left, wearing camauro and mozzetta, rev. Androcles defeating a lion, 98mm, 170.32g (Clifford 186; Lincoln 1192-3; Miselli 567; Molinari 96). Some minor obverse pitting, otherwise about extremely fine £400-£600