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Lot # 663
Benedetto XIII, born Pietro Francesco Orsini (1724-1730). Prize bronze medal by E. e G. Hamerani for the San Luca Academy, without date, but 1725. (Bronze, 43.8 mm, 28.03 g). BENEDICT XIII PONT MAX Bust of the Pope right with triregnum and cope richly adorned with embroidery and a striking jewelled button; under the shoulder cut, HAMERANI F. Rov. Saint Luke sitting on a stool in the act of painting the image of the Madonna and Child on canvas; at right, ox; high up in the clouds, Madonna and Child; below, HAMERANO E. Miselli n. 209. Lincoln n. 1701. Venuti n. XXIV. Extremely Fine.