Coins and Historical Medals

PAPAL STATES, Canonization of Nicholas of Tolentino, 1446, a bronze medal, unsigned [by G. Paladino], bust of Pope Eugenius IV left, rev. canonization ceremony, 42mm (Lincoln 320; BDM IV, 366); Urban VIII, 1633, a bronze medal by G. Mola, bust right, rev. Bernini’s altarpiece in St Peter’s, 40mm (Miselli 247); Cardinal Ludovico Portocarrero, 1678, a bronze medal by G. Hamerani, bust left, rev. view of Messina harbour, 41mm (Johnson 169) [3]. Very fine to extremely fine £120-£150