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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stlnats, post: 2575034, member: 41066&quot;]Giovanni Hamerani&#039;s dates are 1649 to 1705 and he was, among other things, medallist to the popes from Clement X (following his father&#039;s death in 1677) to the early years of Clement XI.&nbsp; So the dates work (altho according to my references he did not use this signature on papal medals).&nbsp; I&#039;d not encountered a Hamerani outside of the papal series (but haven&#039;t looked either).&nbsp; In addition to holding a papal office Giovanni was probably in charge of the family&#039;s medal business so it&#039;s most reasonable the family could have been privately commissioned.&nbsp; In addition to the design and dies, they would have been able to bang out an initial supply of medals as well altho production could have been done in France as well at some point.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>To me this seems like a posthumous issue - especially given his unexpected death - but it would be fascinating to know precisely the occasion of issue and how the Hameranis got involved.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>What fun![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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