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Auction: 4026 - Ancient, English and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 594

Italy, Papal States, bronze medals (4), Calistus III (John of Struma), Anti-Pope, (1168-78), 41 mm., unsigned, bust left, rev., blank shield upon crossed keys, later cast, very fine; Pius III (Todoeschini-Piccolomini), 1503, 43 mm., unsigned, possibly by G. Paladino, draped bust right, rev., crossed keys and the Piccolomini arms, later cast (Lincoln 415); Leo X, Medici (1513-22) 41 mm, by Armand, bust left, rev., inscription, from Durand's series of celebrities, issued 1823 (vide BDM I, p. 668), extremely fine; Gregory XIII, Buonocompagni (1572-85), Massacre of St. Bartholomew, 1572, 30 mm, by Federigo Parmensis, bust left, rev., The Huguenots fleeing (Lincoln 697), later striking, good very fine (4) Estimate £ 100-120

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