| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1044 Price realized: 1,200 USD (Approx. 1,099 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Papal (Papal state). Leo X. 1513-1521. AR Giulio – Leone (26mm, 3.32 g, 10h). Macerata (or Ancona) mint. Half-length busts of St Paul, holding sword and gospel, facing right, and St. Peter, holding key and gospel, facing left, both within crescent frames above coat-of-arms surmounted by crossed keys and Papal tiara / Lion standing left, resting paw on globe, being crowned by Victory flying left. MIR 679; Muntoni 74; Berman 672. Toned, minor deposits. Good VF. Rare. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Christie's Milan (29 November 2011), lot 50. Estimate: 750 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 557 | Auction date: 6 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 546 Price realized: 1,000 USD (Approx. 921 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Papal (Papal state). Leo X. 1513-1521. AR Giulio (29mm, 3.85 g, 9h). Rome mint. Crossed keys surmounted by papal tiara over coat-of-arms; all within quadrilobe / St. Peter, holding key and gospel, and St. Paul, holding sword and gospel, standing facing; control mark to left. MIR 624/3; Muntoni 21; Berman 639. Rich iridescent toning, deposits, a few light scratches, areas of weak strike. Good VF. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Johns Hopkins University Collection [inv. 6048] (Part II, Bank Leu & Numismatic Fine Arts, 16 October 1984), lot 1193; John Work Garrett Collection, purchased from B. Max Mehl, 20 December 1922. Estimate: 400 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 557 | Auction date: 6 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 568 Price realized: 80 USD (Approx. 74 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Papal (Papal state). Paul III. 1534-1549. AR Bianco – Paolo (28mm, 3.32 g, 7h). Macerata mint. Struck 1535-1546. Crossed keys surmounted by papal tiara over coat-of-arms / St. Paul standing facing, head right, holding sword and gospel; coat-of-arms to right, to left, coat-of-arms surmounted by tasseled gallero. MIR 926/1; Muntoni 144; Berman 949a. Toned, a few scratches. VF. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1047 Price realized: 5,500 USD (Approx. 5,037 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Papal (Papal state). Clement VII. 1523-1534. AR Doppio giulio (31mm, 7.65 g, 10h). Rome mint. Dies by Valerio Belli. Struck circa 1525. Coat-of-arms surmounted by crossed keys and Papal tiara / Confronted nimbate and draped busts of Sts. Peter and Paul. MIR 788/1; Muntoni 39; Berman 840. Toned, a few light marks on obverse. EF. Detailed portraits of the Apostles. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 154 (February 1956), no. 138. Valerio Belli, also called Vicentino, was a very skilled medalist and supremely talented engraver of intaglios. A friend of Raphael, who painted his portrait in 1517, Belli was patronised extensively by Clement VII and Paul III, cutting dies for some 150 coins and medals. His most famous work is the spectacular rock crystal casket presented by Clement VII to Francis I of France on the marriage of Clement's niece Catherine de Medici to the Dauphin, later Henry II. Estimate: 2500 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1053 Price realized: 2,250 USD (Approx. 2,061 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Papal (Papal state). Gregory XIII. 1572-1585. AR Testone da 3 giuli (30mm, 9.49 g, 11h). Ancona mint. Dated 1581. Bust right, wearing zucchetto and mantum / Christ standing facing, holding shovel, drawing away from Mary Magdalene kneeling right, extending hand to Christ; in exergue, coat-of-arms surmounted by tasseled gallero. MIR 1211/1; Muntoni 201; Berman 1213. Richly toned with flashes of iridescence. EF. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular LXXXVI.6 (June 1978), no. 8683. The reverse illustrates a scene recorded in John 20:15-17, where Mary Magdalene, weeping at the sepulcher after finding the stone removed and Christ's body missing, questions a figure she initially mistakes as a gardener about the body's whereabouts. She soon recognizes this figure as Christ, who tells her "Noli me tangere" ("touch me not") and directs her to inform others of the Resurrection. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 557 | Auction date: 6 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 544 Price realized: 140 USD (Approx. 129 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Papal (Papal state). Julius II. 1503-1513. AR Giulio (28mm, 3.52 g, 3h). Macerata (or Ancona) mint. Struck 1504-1511. Crossed keys surmounted by papal tiara over coat-of-arms; all within quadrilobe / St. Peter, holding key and gospel, and St. Paul, holding sword and gospel, standing facing; control mark between. MIR 600/3; Muntoni 62; Berman 591. Toned, minor roughness and horn silver, a few very light scratches. VF. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Gadoury Online Auction 40 (24 April 2023), lot 92 (hammer €170). Estimate: 100 USD |  |
