Auction Highlight: Gold Medal of Monte Leone
Auction Art-Rite – Auction 72 (October 19th, 2023), Lot 128. (Starting bid: 8.000€)
This gold medal depicting the iron mines in Monte Leone was minted in this version under Pope Urban VIII only in an edition of 132 pieces. Under his pontificate, some iron deposits were found in an area of Spoleto called Monte Leone. A suitable plant was built for the extraction of the ore and the road to the Scheggia Pass was widened and suitably arranged for the easy transport of the material. The plant did not last long and only a few years later, under the pontificate of Alexander VIII, the mine ran out of the ore.
This gold medal from the 18th year of pontificate of Urban VIII will be auctioned at Art-Rite in Auction 72 on October 19, 2023, starting at 14:30, under lot number 128. The starting bid is 8.000€.
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