FOR SALE....!
ANTIQUE XRARE AND SELDOM SEEN FOR SALE. 18THC WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT POPE MEDAL SAINT STEPHANUS IV (STEPHEN IV) PORTRAIT
Pope Stephen IV (Latin: Stephanus IV; c. 770 – 24 January 817) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from June 816 to his death.[1] Stephen belonged to a noble Roman family. In October 816, he crowned Louis the Pious as emperor at Reims, and persuaded him to release some Roman political prisoners he held in custody. He returned to Rome, by way of Ravenna, sometime in November and died the following January.
NOT MARKED Wedgwood AS OFTEN HAPPEN AS MADE IN SERIES, SOMETIMES JUST A NUMBER BEHIND IT.
SIZE : 1 5/16 INCHES IN DIAMETER
VERY GOOD CONDITION FOR AGE AND USES.
MIGHT NEED A CLEAN BUT LEFT TO NEXT OWNER IF SO DESIRE.
LISTED IN WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY CATALOGUE 1779 POPE MEDAL
GOOD BIDDING OR BUYIT NOW
YOU MIGHT SUBMIT OFFERS AND I'LL CONSIDER
REALLY A RARE MUSEUM PIECE
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