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Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 53  25 Nov 2020
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Lot 1879

Estimate: 60 GBP
Price realized: 100 GBP
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Foreign Medals, Italy, Vatican, Cardinal Lorenzo Corsini (1652-1740, Pope from 1730), copper Sede Vacante medal, 1700, ? by Giovanni Hamerani, Cardinal's hat over Corsini arms, rev. LAVRENTIVS CVRSINVS THES GEN CASTRI S ANG PRAEFECT 1700, 27mm. (Börner 1433; Miselli 4), nearly extremely fine, very rare; others, white metal (2), 1823, for Cardinale Camerlengo Bartolomeo Pacca, by Pasinati, 30mm; 1830, by left Gennari, issue by the Conservatori della città di Roma, 32.5mm; with an electrotype copy of the seal of a Cardinal, 35.5mm, these very fine (4)
Ex Baldwin's vault.
Corsini was appointed treasurer-general and governor of the Castel Sant'Angelo in 1696. In 1730 he was elected Pope, as Clement XII.
(100-150 GBP)
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