Clement XIII, Carlo Rezzonico of Venice. Pope from 1758 to 1769. Medal 1765 by F. Hamerani on the acquisition of the Furietti Centaurs for the Capitoline Museum. (Silver, 39 mm, 21.58 g). CLEMENS - XIII•PONT•M•A•VII Bust of Clement XIII to right, wearing Papal tiara and mantum. Rev. CVRA•PRINCIPIS•AVCTO•MVSÆO CAPITOLINO The Furietti centaurs standing facing before the façade of the Capitoline Museum. On the exergue in two lines, CELEBERRIMIS•ADRIANÆ VILLÆ•ORNAMENTIS. Bartolotti 765. Lincoln 1896. Patrignani 20. Mazio 491. Lightly toned. Minor marks, otherwise, extremely fine. Ex Leu Web Auction 27, 9 September 2023, lot 2886 and Classical Numismatic Group 118, 13 September 2021, lot 1331. The Furietti Centaurs are a pair of Roman marble centaurs based on Hellenistic models. They were originally dug up by Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti in Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli in 1736, who refused to hand them over to the Vatican and kept them in his private collection instead. When Furietti - now cardinal - passed away in 1765, his heirs sold his Centaurs and the so-called Furietti Mosaic to the Capitoline Museum for a whopping 14,000 scudi, where they are still on display today.