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Auction: 392 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NY INC
Lot: 123

Italy, Safe Government, 1583, AE Restrike Medal, after L. Fragni and Alessandro Cesati "il Grechetto", GREGORIVS . XIII . PONTIFEX . MAX . A . 1583, draped bust left of Pope Gregory XIII, rev. . TVTVM . REGIMEN ., Roma seated left on cuirass with arms around, holding dragon, ROMA in exergue, 35mm, 14.74g (CNORP III 743), lightly contact marked, otherwise about extremely fine; Completion of the Facade of St. Peter's Basilica, 1613-1614, AE Restrike Medal, by G. A. Moro, PAVLVS . V. PONT . MAX . AN . VIIII, draped bust left of Pope Paul V, rev. IN . HONOREM . PRINCIPIS . APOST., view of facade, . E . PORTAE . INFI . NO . PVAEEVT ., in exergue in two lines, 37mm, 23.36g (Börner 1041; Patrignani 1951, p. 12), dark deposits an hairline to the obverse field, good very fine; The column of the Virgin at Sainte-Marie Major, 1617, AE Restrike Medal, by G. A. Moro, PAVLVS . V . BVRGHESIVS . RO . PONT . MAX, draped bust right of Pope Paul V, AN . XIII below, rev. PRO . TVI . NOM . INIS. GLORIA, view of the column, 40mm, 37.07g (Lincoln, 909; Bartolotti, E 614 var), usual die flaw to the reverse legend, lightly pitted surfaces to the reverse, othererwise extremely fine (3)

Estimate
$200 to $300

Starting price
$150