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Lot # 675
Clement XIII, Carlo Rezzonico of Venice. Pope from 1758 to 1769. Works to restore the navigability of the Tiber river. Bronze annual medal 1763 Year V. By Ferdinando Hamerani. (Bronze, 38.50 mm, 21.75 g). CLEMENS XIII PONT M A V Bust left with tiara and cope decorated with floral spirals; on the shoulder cut, HAMERANI. Rev. NAVIGATIONE TYBERIS RESTITVTA The Tiber seated right, holding oar and cornucopia, leans on a vase from which water comes out; next to him, the capitoline She-Wolf; in the background, the course of the river; in exergue, 1763. Modesti 2007, 241. Bartolotti 1967, 763. Patrignani 1939, 16. Mazio, 491. Uncirculated. Rare medal with beautiful patina. Ex Varesi Liburnum auction May 31, 2020, lot 187.