ITALY. Bracciano. Livio Odescalchi, Duke, 1652-1696-1713. Medal (Bronze, 63 mm, 76.36 g, 12 h), a struck medal by G. M.Hamerani (1649-1705), 1689. LIVIVS - ODESC.S.R.E.G. Draped and armored bust of Odescalchi to right, with an eagle on his shoulder, a lion's head facing with a laurel branch in its mouth under the bust, and, on the shoulder truncation, HAMERANVS /.1689. Rev. NON NOVVS SED NOVITER (not new but in a new way) Sun rising over the globe showing Italy and her immediate surroundings. Börner 1251. H.- Cz. 4800. A superb toned example, very well struck. Some traces of verdigris in the hair. Good extremely fine.

From the collection of a Bon Vivant, ex Nomos 5, 25 October 2011, 90.

Livio Odescalchi, Duke of Bracciano, was the nephew of Pope Innocent XI and a great collector of Roman antiquities. He became Duke of Bracciano, a town some 30 km northwest of Rome, when he bought it in 1696 from the bankrupt Orsinis, the original owners and used it to house his collection, which he had, in turn, acquired from Queen Christina of Sweden.