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Auction: 1010 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, Commemorative Medals & Numismatic Books
Lot: 905

Sede Vacante (1774-75), bronze medal of Henry Cardinal of York, arms, rev. henricvs cardinalis dvx ebor sri vice cancellarivs sede vacan 1774 in seven lines, 28.5mm. (Boccia 72 - medaglia multo rara), good very fine Estimate £ 50-80 Cardinal Henry Stuart, Duke of York, the second son of the Pretender James III and Princess Maria Clementina Sobieski, was born in Rome 1725 and died at Frascati in 1807. He is buried in St Peter´s and is commemorated by a monument by Canova.

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