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Auction 43  25 Mar 2020
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Lot 679

Estimate: 300 GBP
Price realized: 500 GBP
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A Collection of Papal Medals and Coins, Paul IV (1476-1555-1559), Giovanni Pietro Caraffa, cast patinated bronze medal, 1556, by Giovanni Antonio de' Rossi, tonsured bust r., his arabesque cope decorated with figures of St. Peter and St. Paul, PAVLVS IIII PONT MAX, signed below, IO ANT RVB MEDIOL, rev. Faith strides to r., with chalice in her right hand and the Gospels in the left, ANNO DOMINI M D LVI PONT SVI PRIMO INSTAVRAVIT, 74mm. (Attwood p. 131, fig. 33; Armand I, 244, 6; Börner 467.1; T.-V. 2238), whilst not contemporary, a cast of considerable age, some tooling to fields, very fine and very rare
(300-400 GBP)
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