| Sovereign Rarities Ltd > Auction 12 | Auction date: 21 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 314 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Clement XIII, Rezzonico (1758-1769), The Washing of the Feet, bronze medal by Ottone Hamerani, obverse, and Ermenegildo Hamerani, reverse, bust left, CLEM. XIII P. M. A. VIII, rev. the washing of the feet, TV. DOMINVS. ET. MAGISTER., in exergue, EXEMPL. DEDI. VOBIS., 10.92g, 30mm. Extremely fine. Starting price: 60 GBP |  |
Match 1:
| Spink > Auction 392 | Auction date: 14 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 125 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Italy, Election and Enthronement of Benedict XIII, 1724, AE Medal, by E. Hamerani, BENEDICTVS XIII . PONT . MAX . A . I, drapped bust right of Pope Benedict XIII, rev. DOMINVS ILLVMINATIO . MEA, menorah and trumpets on altar, radiant dove above, ELECTVS . D . XXIX . MAII CORONAT . D . IVNII MDCCXXIV in exergue in three lines, 31mm, 12.60g (Lincoln 1712), some dimpled marks to the edges, traces of contact marking to otherwise lustrous fields, extremely fine; Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini of Bologna New acquisitions of the Capitoline Museum, AR Annual Medal, 1745, by O. Hamerani, BENEDIC . XIV . PON . M . A . V, draped bust right of Pope Benedict XIV, rev. VIRTVTI . TROPIIAEA . NOVA NON . DECENER . ADDAM, Minerva standing left with helmet, spear, square and hammer among busts and archaeological finds; Capitoline Hill and the statue of Marc'Aurelio beyond, ADDITO . IN . CAPITOLIO SAPIENTIAE . PABVLO 1745, in exergue in three lines, 37mm, 22.68g (Bartolotti E 745), heavily cleaned and contact marked, including to the edges, fine, yet scarce (2) Estimate: 100 - 200 USD |  |
Match 2:
| Spink > Auction 392 | Auction date: 14 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 128 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Restoration of Constantine's Triumphal Arch, AE Medal, 1733, by E. Hamerani and O. Hamerani, CLEMENS XII PONT . M . A . III, draped bust right of Pope Clement XII, rev. OB MEMOR CHRISTIAN SECVRIT REST, view of the monument, MDCCXXXIII, in exergue, 34mm, 16.26g (Lincoln 1784; Bartolotti E 733), light contact marks and dark stains, yet with a handsome glossy lustre to light brown surfaces, good very fine; New works in the Port of Civitavecchia, AE Medal, c. 1761, by F. Hamerani , CLEMENS . XIII P . M . A . III, draped bust left of Pope Clement XII, rev. MERCIVM IMPORTANDARVM COMMODITATI, view of the new port, boats docked, 35mm, 16.02g (Patrignani p. 93, 10b; Mazio 487), a couple of scuff marks in the fields, otherwise with a handsome lustre, extremely fine and scarcely encountered; Cardinal Francesco Nerli, Cardinal Secretary of State, AE Restrike Medal, by Hamerani, FRANC . S. R . E . PRESRACARD . NERLIVS ., draped bust right of cardinal, rev. INDOLE GEMMASCIT AD LVCEM, coral tree in the sea between sun and stars, 43mm, 34.59g, small contact mark to obverse, otherwise pleasing extremely fine; Council Convened, 1869-1870, AE Medal, 1870, Pope Pius IX within diptych, PIUS IX PONT. MAX., in exergue, rev. view of the council, CONCILE DE CUMENIQUE ROME 1869-1870, in exergue in three lines, 37mm, 16.27g, pierced and worn, about very fine / very fine (4) Estimate: 200 - 300 USD |  |
Match 3:
| Spink > Auction 392 | Auction date: 14 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 123 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Italy, Safe Government, 1583, AE Restrike Medal, after L. Fragni and Alessandro Cesati \il Grechetto", GREGORIVS . XIII . PONTIFEX . MAX . A . 1583, draped bust left of Pope Gregory XIII, rev. . TVTVM . REGIMEN ., Roma seated left on cuirass with arms around, holding dragon, ROMA in exergue, 35mm, 14.74g (CNORP III 743), lightly contact marked, otherwise about extremely fine; Completion of the Facade of St. Peter's Basilica, 1613-1614, AE Restrike Medal, by G. A. Moro, PAVLVS . V. PONT . MAX . AN . VIIII, draped bust left of Pope Paul V, rev. IN . HONOREM . PRINCIPIS . APOST., view of facade, . E . PORTAE . INFI . NO . PVAEEVT ., in exergue in two lines, 37mm, 23.36g (Börner 1041; Patrignani 1951, p. 12), dark deposits an hairline to the obverse field, good very fine; The column of the Virgin at Sainte-Marie Major, 1617, AE Restrike Medal, by G. A. Moro, PAVLVS . V . BVRGHESIVS . RO . PONT . MAX, draped bust right of Pope Paul V, AN . XIII below, rev. PRO . TVI . NOM . INIS. GLORIA, view of the column, 40mm, 37.07g (Lincoln, 909; Bartolotti, E 614 var), usual die flaw to the reverse legend, lightly pitted surfaces to the reverse, othererwise extremely fine (3) Estimate: 200 - 300 USD |  |
Match 4:
| Sovereign Rarities Ltd > Auction 12 | Auction date: 21 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 303 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Italian and Jacobite interest, The Escape of Princess Clementina from Innsbruck, 1719, bronze medal by Ottone Hamerani, CLEMENTINA. M. BRITAN. FR. ET. HIB. REGINA. bust of the Princess left, rev. FORTVNAM CAVSAMQVE SEQVOR, the Princess escapes in a chariot, an Italianate landscape and ship at sea beyond, 42.36g, 48mm (Eimer 484; MI ii 444/49; Woolf 36:1). A few light contact marks, otherwise extremely fine. Princess Clementina was born one of the wealthiest women in all of Europe, inheriting vast estates in Galicia and Lithuania from her grandfather Jan Sobieski III. Her wealth attracted the attention of many bachelors, including James Stuart (III/VIII), the Jacobite Pretender to the British thrones. George I of Great Britain, upon hearing the news of a possible marriage, requested the intervention of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI to stop it. Charles intercepted and arrested Clementina whilst on her way to marry James in Italy, imprisoning her in Innsbruck castle. With the help of Jacobite soldier and diplomat Charles (Chevalier) Wogan, however, Clementina managed to escape the castle through cunning deceit. She managed to make her own way to Bologna, where she managed to contact the increasingly worried James Stuart. Through a complicated series of communications, Clementina was married upon her request by proxy to James, before formalising the marriage in a ceremony at the Cathedral Santa Margherita in Montefiascone on the 3rd of September 1719. Starting price: 400 GBP |  |
Match 5:
| Spink > Auction 24004 | Auction date: 4 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 341 Price realized: 250 GBP (Approx. 314 USD / 292 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: City of London School, AE Medal, 1834, by B. Wyon, CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL, facade of the school building, FOUNDED BY THE CORPORATION 1834, I.B. BUNNING ARCH in exergue in four lines, rev. FOR THE RELIGIOUS & VIRTUOUS EDUCATION OF BOYS & THEIR INSTRUCTION IN LITERATURE & USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, Knowledge seated, instructs a youth who leans upon a tablet inscribed IOHN CARPENTER 1447, and decorated with the City arms, 58mm, 78.82g (Eimer 1279; BHM 1680), the obverse with darkened surfaces and some scuffing to the higher points, yet the reverse with a pleasing lustre to light brown surfaces, very fine / extremely fine; Visit to the City of London, AE Medal, 1837, by W. Wyon, VICTORIA REGINA, diademed bust left, rev. façade of the Guildhall, the Royal Standard flying above, IN HONOUR OF HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE CORPORATION OF LONDON 9TH NOV : 1897 :, in exergue in three lines, 55mm, 74.16g (BHM 1775: Eimer 1304), lightly contact marked and with spots of verdigris, otherwise a good very fine; Opening of the Royal Exchange, AE Medal, 1844, by W. Wyon, EMPORIVM REGIVM A. THOMA GRESHAM EQ. AVR. CIVE LONDINENSI CONDITVM A. S. MDLXXI, draped bust of Sir Thomas Gresham left, rev. REST. ET. APERT. AVSP. VICTORIA REG, statue of Victoria left, with sceptre and orb; all set on pediment inscribed A: S. MDCCCXLIV XXVIII OCT. in two lines, view of the Royal Exchange in background, 74mm, 206.97g (BHM 2185; Eimer 1390), lightly contact marked and some rub to the highest points of the central devices, dark brown surfaces, nearing extremely fine (3). i) Issued by the Corporation of London. The school opened in 1837; this medal, and designs based on it, were used as prizes in silver, for various subjects during the Nineteenth century. The City architect James Bunstone Bunning (1802-1863) whose work includes the Coal Exchange and Holborn Valley Viaduct. John Carpenter (1370-1441), was town clerk of London; his bequest endowed the foundation of the new school. Estimate: £200 - £250 |  |
