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Lot # 672
Benedict XIV, Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini of Bologna. Pope from 1740 to 1758. Universal Jubilee of the Catholic Church. Silver medal 1750 Year IVB (Jubilee). By Ottone Hamerani. (Silver, 37.82 mm, 23.49 g). BENEDIC XIV P M A IVB Bust right with tiara, cope decorated with floral spirals and diamond shaped jewel button; on the shoulder cut, HAMERANI. Rev. IN COELO SEMPER ASSISTITVR St. Michael the Archangel radiated, with thunderbolts in hand tramples and casts out Satan. Patrignani 1939, 49a. Small die break on the obverse and small edge nicks resulting from a previous mounting, otherwise, Nearly Uncirculated. Very rare. Ex Tkalec, May 7, 2008 part II, lot 511. According to the Catholic Church the Jubilee represents the year of the remission of sins, reconciliation, conversion and sacramental penance.