Lot 204
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Alexander VIII Ottoboni (1689-91), silver medal on his election 1689, 38mm., by Giovanni Hamerani, bust right, wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole, signed below truncation, rev. MVNIT ET VNIT, zodiac joining terrestrial and celestial hemispheres (Forrer II, 402), very fine, very rare
Alexander VIII Ottoboni (1689-91), silver medal on his election 1689, 38mm., by Giovanni Hamerani, bust right, wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole, signed below truncation, rev. MVNIT ET VNIT, zodiac joining terrestrial and celestial hemispheres (Forrer II, 402), very fine, very rare

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Alexander VIII Ottoboni (1689-91), silver medal on his election 1689, 38mm., by Giovanni Hamerani, bust right, wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole, signed below truncation, rev. MVNIT ET VNIT, zodiac joining terrestrial and celestial hemispheres (Forrer II, 402), very fine, very rare

Lot Essay

Pietro Ottoboni, elected 6 October 1689, died 1 February 1691. Only one annual medal, for anno I, was issued. Other medals of this short pontificate are dated anno II, a 'tipo straordinario' and a 'lavanda'. All are by Giovanni Hamerani.