Ancient, British and World Coins, Token, Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books and Banknotes

Italy: Papal States, Alexander VIII, Coronation, 1689, a bronze medal by G. Hamerani, bust right, rev. globe, partially terrestrial and partially celestial, 38mm (Lincoln 1488; BDM I, 401). Extremely fine (£70-90)

The reverse type alludes to the Pope and the omnipotent Ottoboni family