fme_1012548 - JOHN-PAUL II (Karol Wojtyla) Médaille, Jean-Paul II
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Type : Médaille, Jean-Paul II
Date: 2005
Metal : copper-aluminium
Diameter : 41 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 31,12 g.
Edge : cannelée
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène des traces de manipulation et tâches d’oxydation
Obverse
Obverse legend : JOHANNES PAVLVS PONT. MAXIMVS.
Obverse description : Buste à droite, ses armes sur son épaule.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MCMLXXVIII - MMV.
Reverse description : Vue sur la Basilique et la Cour d’honneur du Vatican.
Commentary
Médaille sous capsule.
Historical background
JOHN-PAUL II (Karol Wojtyla)
(since 10/16/1978)
John Paul II succeeded John Paul I who reigned for only one month between August 26 and September 28, 1978. The vacant seat (sede vacante) was filled by Cardinal Camerlengo Jean Villot between September 28 and October 16. On October 16, Karol Wojtyla, a Pole, the first foreign pope since 1523, takes the name of John Paul II.
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