Lot 794
794
Pius VI, 1791, by Giovanni and Gioacchino Hamerani, bust right, wearing berretta, mozzetta and stole, AN.XVII, rev. AGRO POMPTIN COLONIS REST, Ceres, holding cornucopia, seated amid symbols of agriculture, signed G. HAM low left, date in exergue, 40mm. (Bart.791; L.1984; Ma.532; Pat.74), nearly extremely fine
Pius VI, 1791, by Giovanni and Gioacchino Hamerani, bust right, wearing berretta, mozzetta and stole, AN.XVII, rev. AGRO POMPTIN COLONIS REST, Ceres, holding cornucopia, seated amid symbols of agriculture, signed G. HAM low left, date in exergue, 40mm. (Bart.791; L.1984; Ma.532; Pat.74), nearly extremely fine

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Pius VI, 1791, by Giovanni and Gioacchino Hamerani, bust right, wearing berretta, mozzetta and stole, AN.XVII, rev. AGRO POMPTIN COLONIS REST, Ceres, holding cornucopia, seated amid symbols of agriculture, signed G. HAM low left, date in exergue, 40mm. (Bart.791; L.1984; Ma.532; Pat.74), nearly extremely fine

Lot Essay

The annual medal for 1791 records the benefits to the agriculture of the region of Agro Pontino derived from the Canal, the 'Linea Pia', begun under Clement XIV and completed, at great expense and after many set-backs, in this year.