Historical Medals

PAPAL STATES, Gregory XIII, bronze medals (2), 1572, signed F P, 31mm, 35mm (L 697, 700); a lead medal, unsigned and undated, 45mm (L 730); Urban VIII, a cast bronze medal, 1639, unsigned, 41mm (L 1036); Innocent XI (1676-89), a brass medal, undated, signed G, 37mm (L 1403); Benedict XIII (1724-30), a bronze medal by Hamerani, undated, 42mm (L 1725); Pius IX, a gilt-bronze medal, 1870, by Blondelet, 50mm (L –) [7]. Varied state, the first two later strikings £100-£150