World Medals, Vatican, Papal medals (3), in copper, Paul III (1468-1534-1549), Alessandro Farnese, Restoration of the Battlements, year 16 (1549), possibly by Alessandro Cesati, tonsured bust r., wearing cope and stole, rev. panoramic view of the city of Rome, with many instantly recognisable features, ALMA ROMA, 41.5mm (Linc -; Weber 184); Julius III (1487-1550-1555), Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, Jubilee of the Year 1550, by Giovan Giacomo Bonzagi, bust right wearing cope, rev. standing figure of Happiness with palm branch and cornucopiæ, HILARITAS PVBLICA, 45.5mm (Linc 523); Leo X (1475-1513-1521), Giovanni de' Medici, the generosity of the Pope, tonsured bust r., rev. Liberality pours coins from a cornucopiae, LIBERALITAS PONTIFICIA, 32mm (Linc. 446), later, 18th – 19th century strikings, dulled but extremely fine (3)
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