Important British and World Coins, Tokens, Historial and Art Medals, Numismatic Books and Banknotes

Italy: Papal States, Gregory XIII Opening the Jubilee Gate, 1575, a bronze medal by G.F. Bonzagna, bust right, rev. Pope and prelates at the gate, supplicants at left, 38mm (Lincoln 709; BDM IV, 393); Benedict XIII, Jubilee, 1724, a bronze medal by E. Hamerani, bust right, rev. Faith holding cross and chalice, 30mm (Lincoln 1714; BDM II, 397); The Ancestry of the Dominican Order, 1724, a bronze medal by E. Hamerani, similar, rev. St Domenico in glory with the angels, 30mm (Lincoln 1716; BDM II, 397); Pilgrims Enter the Porta Sancta, 1725, a bronze medal by E. Hamerani, bust of Benedict XIII right, rev. pilgrims kneeling at the entrance, 32mm (BDM II, 397); The Church and Hospital of S. Gallicano, 1727, a bronze medal, unsigned [by E. Hamerani], bust of Benedict XII left, rev. frontal elevation of the building, 35mm (Lincoln 1744; BDM II, 398); Founding of the Commission for Bible Studies, 1903, a silver medal by F. Bianchi, bust of Leo XIII left, rev. John the Baptist, Peter, Paul, Josiah, Moses and Elijah standing, 43mm (Bart. 903) [6]. First and last about very fine, others very fine and better (£90-120)