E-auction 620-607391 - JOHN-PAUL II (Karol Wojtyla) Médaille, Visite en France, Lourdes, de Jean-Paul II
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Type : Médaille, Visite en France, Lourdes, de Jean-Paul II
Date: 1983
Mint name / Town : Monnaie de Paris
Quantity minted : 20000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 925 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver ROUSSEAU Émile (1927-2010)
Weight : 6,49 g.
Edge : cannelée
Puncheon : Corne 1* ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces de manipulation, rayures et tâches d’oxydation sur les champs et autour des bordures
Obverse
Obverse legend : IOHANNES PAULUS II - PONT. MAXIMUS.
Obverse description : Buste de Jean-Paul II à droite en habit pontifical; signé E. ROUSSEAU au-dessous.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LOURDES / ANNO MCMLXXXIII // AG 6,45 G. - 925/1000/ CORNE 1* - M.
Reverse description : Armoiries papale de Jean-Paul II. Poinçon corne de l’abondance 1 * AG. 6.45G. 925/1000 à l’exergue.
Commentary
Médaille conservée sous capsule et dans son étui avec un certificat de garantie des Editions Jean-Marc Laleta .
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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