| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1176 Price realized: 22,500 USD (Approx. 20,608 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Papal (Papal state). Clement VII. 1523-1534. AV Ducato papale (23mm, 3.46 g, 12h). Modena mint. Bust left, wearing mantum decorated with medallion of Sts. Peter and Paul / St. Geminianus seated facing, holding crozier and raising hand in benediction; in exergue, two coats-of-arms, the left surmounted by tasseled gallero. MIR 846/1; Muntoni 111; Berman 882; Friedberg 406. Slight flat strike on reverse. Good VF. Extremely rare. A wonderfully detailed portrait, particularly in the pontif's regalia. Certainly the work of a master engraver. The nephew of Lorenzo il Magnifico (the magnificent) and cousin of Pope Leo X, Clement VII wavered between alliances with France and the Holy Roman Empire, which led to the sack of Rome by imperial troops in 1527. On account of this attack, he grew a beard, in defiance of Church canon, to show his mourning. He kept the beard, a tradition continued by the following 24 Popes, up to his death. Clement VII also strained relations with England when he refused to annul the marriage of Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon, ultimately causing the break of England from Rome and the advent of the Church of England. Estimate: 15000 USD |  |
Match 1:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1048 Price realized: 6,000 USD (Approx. 5,495 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Papal (Papal state). Clement VII. 1523-1534. AR Doppio carlino (28mm, 5.44 g, 7h). Rome mint. Dies by Benvenuto Cellini. Struck 1529-1534. Bust left, wearing mantum and zucchetto / Christ standing left, pulling St. Peter from water with right hand. MIR 809/1; Muntoni 43; Berman 841. Toned, crisply struck. EF. Rare, especially in this high grade. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Golden Horn Collection (Stack's, 12 January 2009), lot 4287. Cellini's tempestuous relationship with Clement VII is revealed in vivid detail in his autobiography. During the sack of Rome by the Imperial forces of the Constable of Bourbon both artist and pontiff found themselves holed up the Castel San Angelo. Cellini gained distinction manning the guns defending the castle. During the siege Clement ordered Cellini to melt down the papal collection of great jewels. Some time later Cellini had to beg the pope's forgiveness for 'accidentally' not returning over a pound of gold he had accumulated in the process. Estimate: 3000 USD |  |
Match 2:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 557 | Auction date: 6 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 554 Price realized: 1,000 USD (Approx. 921 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Papal (Papal state). Clement VII. 1523-1534. AR Doppio carlino (28mm, 5.32 g, 9h). Rome mint. Dies by Benvenuto Cellini. Struck 1529-1534. Bust left, wearing mantum and zucchetto / Christ standing left, pulling St. Peter from water with right hand. MIR 809/1; Muntoni 43; Berman 841. Toned, minor porosity, a few tiny scratches. VF. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from Thomas Tesoriero, May 1989. Cellini's tempestuous relationship with Clement VII is revealed in vivid detail in his autobiography. During the sack of Rome by the Imperial forces of the Constable of Bourbon both artist and pontiff found themselves holed up the Castel San Angelo. Cellini gained distinction manning the guns defending the castle. During the siege Clement ordered Cellini to melt down the papal collection of great jewels. Some time later Cellini had to beg the pope's forgiveness for 'accidentally' not returning over a pound of gold he had accumulated in the process. Estimate: 750 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 557 | Auction date: 6 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 561 Price realized: 200 USD (Approx. 184 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Papal (Papal state). Clement VII. 1523-1534. AR Mezzo giulio (22mm, 1.78 g, 11h). Ancona mint. Struck 1532-1534. Crossed keys surmounted by papal tiara over coat-of-arms / Half-length figure of St. Cyriacus facing, holding long cross and raising hand in benediction; all over coat-of-arms surmounted by tasseled gallero. MIR 823/3; Muntoni 93 var. (symbol); Berman 867. Toned. VF. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Aurora 28 (10 March 2023), lot 98 (hammer €600). Estimate: 200 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 552 | Auction date: 13 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 754 Price realized: 250 USD (Approx. 232 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY, Papal (Papal state). Clement VII. 1523-1534. PB Bulla – Seal (38mm, 72.54 g, 12h). Bare heads of Sts. Paul and Peter, facing slightly right and left, respectively, each within beaded halo; cruciform scepter set on coat-of-arms between: above, S PA and S PE downward / CLE/MENS/ PP VII. Serafini 216. Brown surfaces with areas of powdery white corrosion, break in reverse from cord, portion of orginal cord remaining. VF. Estimate: 150 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 |  |
