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Any information on this Papal Medal- Innocent VII
JRocco
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As best as I can gather, this medal is listed in Spink as number 298 or 299. Not sure which.
This is a large bronze medal, extremely high relief, measuring 40mm. Pardon the greasy look, but I have this one soaking in oil and just removed it to photograph it. It shows the obverse of Innocent VII and the reverse shows A pyramidal rock with winds blowing on it.
There are a couple of planchet flaws on the reverse right field and some yahoo tried to clean the reverse at K6.
The medal had a lot of gunky buildup on the reverse under the cleaned area that came right off with a little acetone. The discoloration was already present, as was the scratches. I wish that the person who tried to scrape off the residue had tried acetone first and avoided the obvious attempt at removal.
The medal has a rough edge to the surface- not sure if it was cast.
Any help would, as always, be appreciated by those who know more than I.
Sorry for the pics quality--I am still in the learning curve with a new camera.
This is a large bronze medal, extremely high relief, measuring 40mm. Pardon the greasy look, but I have this one soaking in oil and just removed it to photograph it. It shows the obverse of Innocent VII and the reverse shows A pyramidal rock with winds blowing on it.
There are a couple of planchet flaws on the reverse right field and some yahoo tried to clean the reverse at K6.
The medal had a lot of gunky buildup on the reverse under the cleaned area that came right off with a little acetone. The discoloration was already present, as was the scratches. I wish that the person who tried to scrape off the residue had tried acetone first and avoided the obvious attempt at removal.
The medal has a rough edge to the surface- not sure if it was cast.
Any help would, as always, be appreciated by those who know more than I.
Sorry for the pics quality--I am still in the learning curve with a new camera.
Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
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CNORP indicates that this is part of a series of restoration medals created by St Urbain in the late 17th & early 18th centuries and apparently struck for years thereafter. Saint Urbain designed a number of wonderful late baroque coins (Innocent XII and Clement XI that I'm aware of) so the fine design of the medal is not a surprise. The medal is not in Mazio since that reference considers the series to officially start with Martin V in1417. CNORP makes note and provides a list of the earlier resortations, but starts the analysis with Martin as well.
There are a number of series of these restorations, some of very fine style others very crude. The idea was to extend the series back to S. Peter.
Another nice item.
Virtus Collection - Renaissance and Baroque Medals
Your help is appreciated.
Aside from those reverse scratches, this is a really nice medal.
After about a year in oil, I will hopefully be able to store this properly and let the scratches re-tone over normally and pass this medal on to the next generation in better shape than it is now