fme_1000664 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - LEO XIII (Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci) Médaille, Basilique du Baptistère de Florence
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Type : Médaille, Basilique du Baptistère de Florence
Date: 1879
Mint name / Town : Rome, Italie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 44 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver BIANCHI Francesco (1842-1918)
Weight : 34,34 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure sur les hauts reliefs, quelques coups et rayures. Présence de quelques tâches d’oxydation
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEO.XIII - PONT.MAX. ANNO VII.
Obverse description : Buste à gauche du pape Léon XIII, signé : BIANCHI.
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENS. ET. REGNVM - QVOD. NON. SERVIERIT. MIHI. PERIBIT // MDCCCLXXIX.
Reverse description : Figure allégorique portant la tiare papale (représentant L'Église) avec une grande croix à gauche, un livre à droite, assis sur des nuages.
Historical background
ITALY - PAPAL STATES - LEO XIII (Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci)
(20/2/1878-20/7/1903)
Of Sienese origin, Leo XIII was nuncio in Brussels, bishop of Perugia, then cardinal from 1853. He became pope on February 20, 1878 following a conclave that lasted only two days. Quite liberal and attentive to the changes of his time, he was a skilful diplomat and reestablished diplomatic relations with Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Russia. On the social level, he denounced the excesses of capitalism and committed himself to defending the workers. He also remains the one who opened up the Vatican archives to researchers..
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