Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 1010 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, Commemorative Medals & Numismatic Books
Lot: 882

Clement VIII (1592-1605), bronze medals (2), bust left, anno vii, rev. consecratio (Spink --), anno x, rev. salva nos domine, Christ calming the storm (Spink 866), Leo XI (1605), bronze medal by Giorgio Rancetti, bust left, rev. de forti dvlcedo, a dead lion, a swarm of bees around its head, date mdcv below (Spink 878), all sharp later strikings, extremely fine (3) Estimate £ 140-180 The last medal depicts the lion that Samson slew in whose carcas a few days later he found bees nesting and producing honey (Judges XIV, 5-10), ´out of the strong came forth sweetness.´

Sold for
£140