Italy, Abbondio Rezzonico (1741-1810), as Senator of Rome, silver medal, 1766, by Antonio Pazzaglia, bust right in senatorial robes, rev., CLEMENTIS XIII P M PATRVI ANNO VIII, Roma seated right among classical arms and a standard; MDCCLXVI below, 63.2mm, 81.20g (Voltolina 1579), sometime lightly cleaned, extremely fine and very rare. Abbondio Rezzonico was a nephew of Pope Clement XIII created Senator of Rome in 1766. There is a famous painting of him in senatorial robes by Pompeo Batoni, signed and dated 1766, in the Palazzo Barberini, Rome. Behind his portrait is the statue of Roma, similar to that shown on the present medal, which stands at the entrance to the Palazzo Senatorio on the Capitoline Hill. Provenance: Count Emeryk Hutten Czapski (1897-1979), grandson and heir of the celebrated collector, numismatist and historian of the same name; hence by descent.

Estimate: GBP £1’400 - £1’800