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210, Lot: 426. Estimate $150.
Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papal Medals. Pius VII (Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti). 1800-1823. Æ Medal (38mm, 27.90 g, 12h). Dated 1804. PIVS · VII · PONT · MAX ·, bust right, wearing zucchetta, mozzetta, and pallium / FVNDAMENTA FIDEI, busts of Sts. Peter and Paul, nimbate and draped, facing one another; MDCCCIV in exergue. Mazio 545; Lincoln 2008. Superb EF, a few die cracks.


From the Luparello Collection.

Elected as a compromise candidate at a secured conclave in Venice, Pius VII immediately left for Rome in the hope of restoring the papal government. His relationship with Napoleon was strained throughout the duration of Napoleon’s reign. Since he knew the importance of religion as a means of control, Napoleon tolerated the pontificate of Pius VII, whose resolve during these hardships improved the position of the Church and aided to restore some of the standing which had been lost during Pius VI’s papacy.