287, Lot: 735. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Benedictus XIV (Prospero Lorenze Lambertini). 1740-1758. Æ Medal (39mm, 22.61 g, 12h). By O. Hamerani. Dated RY 9 (1748/9). Bust right, wearing camauro, mozzetta, and pallium / The Genius of the Arts advancing left through a museum, holding victoriola and cornucopia. Mazio 465; Lincoln 1829. EF, dark brown surfaces, a few light spots.

From an old English collection.