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210, Lot: 355. Estimate $150.
Sold for $161. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papal Medals. Alexander VI (Roderic Llançol de Borja i Borja). 1492-1503. Æ Medal (42mm, 59.03 g, 12h). · ALESSANDRO · VI · PONT · MAX ·, bust left, wearing zucchetto and mantum; star stops / View of the ceremony of the opening of the Holy door; in exergue, · CITA · APERITIO ·/BREVES · ÆTERNAT/· DIES · in three lines. Mazio 28; Lincoln 414. Near EF.


From the Luparello Collection.

Born in the Valencian town of Xàtiva and nephew of Pope Calixtus III, Alexander VI found himself in many increasingly important roles within the Church, culminating in his election to the papacy in 1492 upon the death of Innocent VIII. Fathering four children from before his time as Pope, he found many roles for them to serve, even having his daughter Lucrezia step in during his absence. He issued the bull Inter Caetera which divided newly-found territories in the Americas among Spain and Portugal by a demarcation line.