Auction Catalogue

11 December 2002

Starting at 12:00 PM

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English, Scottish and World Coins. Tokens, Tickets and Passes. Historical and Art Medals. World Banknotes

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 748

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11 December 2002

Hammer Price:
£700

Italy: Papal States, A Collection of Æ Papal medals by Fragni, de Bonis, Rancetti, Moro, Mola etc: Gregory XIII, Boncompagni, 1581(cf. Lincoln 718); Ancona Fortification,1583 (L 689); Gregory XIII & Sixtus V, Peretti, c.1585 (2) (L 748, 758), Sixtus V, Peretti (5); [1585], [1586]; 1587 (L 756, 757, 769, 779, 781),Sixtus V, Peretti [1590] (L 804),Gregory XIV, Sfrondati, 1590 (2) (L 823, 826); Innocent XI, Facchinetti [1591] (L 837), Jubilee Proclamation, 1600 (L 852); Cascade of Terni [dated yr 12], similar (L 870), Leo XI, Medici, 1605 (L 876), Paul V, Borghese, 1612 (2) (L 898, 900), Jubilee Proclamation, 1625 (L 945); others (3) (L 937, 939, 955); medalet (L 1020),Urbino Annexation into the Vatican States[1626] (L 962);Canonisation of St Andrew [1628] (L 982); Urban VIII, Barberini [1630] (L 996), Tomb of St Peter & St Paul, 1626 (L 965); Restoration of the Church of St Anastasia, 1636 (L 1034), Civita Vecchia Harbour [1628] (L 985); Castel Sant’Angelo Fortifications, 1628 (L 999), Iron Mines Monte Leone, 1641(L 1059); Peace, Prudence & Strength, 1644 (L 1071),Rome Fortifications [1642] (L 1064), Alexander VII, Chigi, c.1660; Alexander VIII, Ottobone, 1680 (L 1495), Piazzi di S. Pietro, 1666 (W 371), various sizes [36]. Varied state, one pierced (£800-1,000)