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Auction: 368 - The Numismatic Collector's Series e-Auction
Lot: 221

Papal Medal Trio. Clemens XIV (1769-1774). Suppression of the Jesuits, 1773. Silver, 39mm. By the Belgian engraver Theodore Victor Van Berckel. Pontifex bust right/Mother church seated atop the globe, holding cross and branch, radiant dove above; SALVS GENERIS HVMANI, JESVITARVM SOCIET. DELETA and date in ex. Pat.20. Rare in silver. Scratches in fields. About Extremely Fine; Pius VII (1800-1823). On the Visit of Pius VII to the Paris Mint, 1805. Bronzed Copper, 41mm. By Jean Pierre Droz. Pontifex bust right/Four-line legend, parasol above, keys below. A few surface marks. EF; and Pius IX (1846-1878). Closing of the 20th Ecumenical Council, 1870. Bronze, 43mm. By Carlo Moscetti. Pontifex bust left/St. Peter presiding over the first Council. Some hairlines on edge. Once wiped. Very Fine. (3)

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