ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Camillo Massimo. Cardinal, 1670-1677. Æ Medal (53mm, 41.89 g, 12h). By Giovan Battista Guglielmada. Dated 1678. CAMILL · S · R · E · P · C · MAXIMVS, bust left, wearing biretta and mozzetta / ASTRA · TENET, allegorical scene containing the Tiber reclining left, head turned upward, leaning upon overturned urn from which liquid flows and holding rudder; to right, she-wolf with the twins, Romulus and Remus, before altar surmounted by two books, wreath, and scientific instruments; above, zodiacal band containing the constellation Leo right; in exergue, ANT · DE · CAVA LERI/IS · D · D in two lines. Johnson 663. Attractive dark brown surfaces. EF. Original strike.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 862764 (January 2010). Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 53 (7 November 2009), lot 664.