Silver & Collectors' Items - Day 1 - 24th January 2012
Lot 484
Italy
Estimate £80 - £120 | Hammer £190
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Description
Italy, Pope John XXIII (c. 1370-1419; Pope 1410-1415), Baldassarre Cossa, lead papal bull, faces of Saints Peter and Paul, rev. IOHAN / NES: PP / XXIII, 35mm. Very fine.
Cossa was styled as Pope John XXIII during the Western Schism and is regarded in the Catholic Church as an antipope.