ITALY, Papal (Papal State). Blessed Pius V. 1566-1572. Æ Medal (41mm, 34.49 g, 12h). By Girolamo Paladino. Undated, but struck 1672.

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Papal Medals from the Peter Napoli Collection, Bronze

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ITALY, Papal (Papal State). Blessed Pius V. 1566-1572. Æ Medal (41mm, 34.49 g, 12h). By Girolamo Paladino. Undated, but struck 1672. B · PIVS · V · GHISLERIVS · BOSCHEN · PONT · M ·, bust left, wearing tiara and mantum, raising hand in benediction / MILITANS DE INFERNO TRIUMPHAT ECCLESIA, Pius enthroned right, accompanied by two prelates, exorcizing the Church, standing left in doorway, of demons which fly forth from her mouth; PONTIFICIÆ · POTEST/ATIS · IMPERIVM in two lines in exergue. CONORP III 635. Brown surfaces, slight die rust, edge marks. EF.

From the Peter Napoli Collection.


Closing Date and Time: 1 September 2021 at 13:12:20 ET.

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