Benedict XIV, Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini of Bologna. Pope from 1740 to 1758. Mausoleum of Maria Clementina Sobieska. Bronze annual medal 1743 Year III. Engravers Ermenegildo and Ottone Hamerani. (Bronze, 34.84 mm, 15.91g). BENED XIV PONT M A III Bust right with camauro, mozzetta and stole embellished with the Holy Cross. Rev. MEMORIAE M CLEM M BRIT REGINAE Sepulchral monument to Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska. Modesti 2007, 221. Bartolotti 1967, 743. Lincoln 1812. Patrignani 1939, 13. Nearly Uncirculated.
Ex Tkalec, May 7, 2008 part II, lot 499.
Beautiful medal dedicated to the mausoleum erected in the Vatican in honor of the Polish Princess, wife of James Francis Edward Stuart of England known as "the Old Pretender".