fme_926373 - JOHN-PAUL II (Karol Wojtyla) Médaille, Jean Paul II
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Price : 10.00 €
Type : Médaille, Jean Paul II
Date: n.d.
Metal : copper nickel
Diameter : 34 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Engraver CONSONNI Ambrogio
Weight : 14,12 g.
Edge : cannelée
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec quelques taches d’oxydation. Présence de traces d’usure, coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : . IOANNES PAVLVS II - PONTIFEX MAXIMVS.
Obverse description : Buste de Jean-Paul II de profil à gauche en habit pontifical, signé : A. CONSONNI.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Blason du pape, les clés de Saint Pierre en sautoir, coiffé de la tiare papale.
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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