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LOT 2118
Gregorius XVI Brass Papal Medallion
19TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (62 grams, 69 mm).
Obverse with low-relief image of the Pope writing with a quill; reverse with figures in a landscape. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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