Francesco, Cardinal Barberini

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1297. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papal Coinage. temp. Alexander VII. 1655-1667. Æ Medal (76mm, 125.75 g, 12h). Commemorating the Completion of the High Altar of the Abbazia della Santa Maria di Grotaferrata. Gioacchino Francesco Travani, engraver. Dated 1665. Mantled bust of Francesco, Cardinal Barberini, right, wearing zucchetto / High Altar of the Abbazia della Santa Maria di Grotaferrata; date in Roman numerals below. Forrer VI, pp. 129-130. Good VF, brown patina, pierced for suspension at time. Fine contemporary cast.