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Papal Medal Old & Worn

harashaharasha Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Just imagine what sort of stories surround those who polished this medal, over the years.

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Honors flysis Income beezis Onches nobis Inob keesis

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  • IosephusIosephus Posts: 872 ✭✭✭
    Wow, I don't recollect seeing a piece that worn before; interesting!
    Joe
    Virtus Collection - Renaissance and Baroque Medals
  • spoonspoon Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭
    Awesome! I like it image

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  • harashaharasha Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The oft-cited reference, Roma Resurgens, mentions that such pieces could have been distributed to retainers in the papal household. Some individuals could have kept them in the family as keepsakes; others may have used them as supplements to their income, placing them in the stream of commerce. I would further hypothesize that the medal then ended up as someone else's keepsake and lovingly polished year after year.
    This is why some worn medals fascinate me. Lots of personal history going on, if we could only crack the book.

    Honors flysis Income beezis Onches nobis Inob keesis

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  • scotty1419scotty1419 Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭
    This looks like medal for that mysterious figure, Pope Conehead.
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