Some pics of recent purchases: Papal medals & coin

Iosephus

I actually got these a few weeks ago, but have been so busy I never got around to posting them. Figured now was as good a time as any to share them.


Pope Pius IX Year XVI (1861) Silver Annual Medal:

The obverse has the bust of Piux IX, while the reverse has an illustration of Daniel among the lions.

Diameter: ~ 44 mm




Pope Leo XIII Year VI (1883) Silver Annual Medal:

The obverse has the bust of Leo XIII, while the reverse shows the Pope, sitting on his throne, receiving homage from a group of Slavic pilgrims.

The medal commemorates the issuing of the encyclical "Grande Munus", which is concerned with the works of Saints Cyril and Methodius, missionaries to the Slavs. The date on the bottom of the reverse (1881) referse to year that the encyclical was released, not the year of the medal.

Diameter: ~ 43.5 mm




Pope Leo XIII Year XXV (1902) Extraordinary Medal:

The obverse has the bust of Leo XIII, while the reverse shows a shephard tending to his sheep.

The medal commemorates the 25th year of Pope Leo's pontificate.

Diameter: ~ 30.5 mm




Pope Innocent XI Year XIII (1688) Silver Testone:

The obverse has the coat of arms of Innocent XI surmounted by crossed keys and the papal tiara, while the reverse has a cartouche with saying and date. The saying translates to "It is better to give than receive".

AuldFartte

That 1688 piece is beautiful, and I really love the Pius IX

coinpictures

I dig the lions on the first one!

Madame

Like the Lion and sheep. Thanks for sharing. And the last one on the reverse side with the beast at the top is fire.

Preussen

Great medals - Preussen

wildjag

Fantastic medals, I like them all

STLNATS

I've always liked the series of the testone you bought. Muntoni lists 90 varieties (M 61-150), with differences in dates, designs, etc etc. Lots of variation for basically the same type. BTW, your testone is Muntoni 113.

I don't recall the Leo year 25 medal. Very interesting as well. I don't see it in Mazio, do you have a reference for it?

Congrats on some nice pickups!

Iosephus

<< <i>I've always liked the series of the testone you bought. Muntoni lists 90 varieties (M 61-150), with differences in dates, designs, etc etc. Lots of variation for basically the same type. BTW, your testone is Muntoni 113. >>


Wow, I knew that there were several versions of that coin, but had no idea there were so many. Thanks for the information, I'll have to pick up copies of the Muntoni books one of these days.



<< <i>I don't recall the Leo year 25 medal. Very interesting as well. I don't see it in Mazio, do you have a reference for it? >>


It's listed in Renato Calò's work "Avviamento allo Studio delle Medaglie Papali".

rhound1977

Very Nice

STLNATS

I have volume of Renato Calò that covers 1929 to the mid 70s, was not aware he had others so will need to look. I like this book since it lists both official and private issues and helps me to sort them out. I like this area since I keep "tripping" over information/books that I was not aware of.

Good Luck on the Muntoni. I think it was originally produced in the mid/late 60s with a reprint a few years ago limited to something like 300 sets. I'd been looking for an original set for years so was excited to get the reprint. I got mine from Scott Seman (if I recall correctly) who had purchased 10 sets; I think he had 1 or 2 sets left when I got mine, but that was several years ago. It cost something like $600- at the time (seems cheap now since I use it all of the time) and haven't seen a set offered since by anyone (but I haven't looked that hard either).

BTW, these testones (and other denominations of the period) are referred to as a reformed coinage which is probably why they used more or less standard types. Lots of variety for Innocent XI's coinage if you like different intrepretations of the same general theme.