425, Lot: 763. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Alexander VII. 1655-1667. Restrike Æ Medal (35.5mm, 18.92 g, 12h). Commemorating the End of the Plague at Rome, 1656-1657. By G. Morone. Dated RY 3 (1658). ALEXAN · VII · PONT · MAX · A · III, bust right, wearing taenia and mantum; · G M · below / Saint Peter above facing left, holding a keys, and directing toward victims of the plague lying below to left; to right, Angel of Death, seen from behind, holding sword and skull; St. Peter’s Basilica in background to left; VT VMBRA ILLIVS LIBERARENTVR in exergue. Roma Resurgens 78 (this medal). EF, rich red-brown surfaces, scratch in obverse field.

Ex Michael Hall Collection (Baldwin’s 66, 29 June 2010), lot 1127.