Lot 753
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Paul V, by Giacomo Antonio Moro, bust left wearing cope decorated with a procession, and morse, AN VIIII, signed I AMORI below, rev. PRO TVI NOMINIS GLORIA, column with the statue of the Virgin in front of S Maria Maggiore, 39.5mm. (Bart. 613 obv. and 614 rev.; L.902; Maz.171), a good quality old restrike, nearly extremely fine
Paul V, by Giacomo Antonio Moro, bust left wearing cope decorated with a procession, and morse, AN VIIII, signed I AMORI below, rev. PRO TVI NOMINIS GLORIA, column with the statue of the Virgin in front of S Maria Maggiore, 39.5mm. (Bart. 613 obv. and 614 rev.; L.902; Maz.171), a good quality old restrike, nearly extremely fine

Details
Paul V, by Giacomo Antonio Moro, bust left wearing cope decorated with a procession, and morse, AN VIIII, signed I AMORI below, rev. PRO TVI NOMINIS GLORIA, column with the statue of the Virgin in front of S Maria Maggiore, 39.5mm. (Bart. 613 obv. and 614 rev.; L.902; Maz.171), a good quality old restrike, nearly extremely fine

Lot Essay

A combination of the portrait dated AN VIIII with the reverse of the annual medal for anno X (1614). The column, one of eight classical columns from the Basilica di Massenzio (the former Tempio della Pace), was erected by Maderno in 1614. The statue is by Guglielmo Berthelot.

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