fme_1104139 - ITALY - VATICAN - SIXTUS IV Médaille, Intronisation de Sixte IV
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Type : Médaille, Intronisation de Sixte IV
Date: (1471)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 42,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver PALADINO Girolamo
Weight : 45,21 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène avec des taches d’oxydation. Rouge de frappe visible au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : *SIXTVS* IIII* PONT* MAX*.
Obverse description : Buste de profil à gauche, coiffé de la tiare papale avec une étole orné d’un arbre.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ETSI. ANNOSA. GERMINAT.
Reverse description : Blason papal sommé de la tiare papale et des clés du Vatican.
Commentary
Médaille probablement du XIXe siècle.
Medal probably from the 19th century
Medal probably from the 19th century
Historical background
ITALY - VATICAN - SIXTUS IV
(25/08/1471-12/08/1484)
François de la Rovère, Franciscan theologian, was elected pope at the age of 57, on August 9, 1471, under the name of Sixtus IV. In 1478 he was accused of having provoked the assassination of Giuliano de Medici. He erected the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. He died on August 12, 1484.
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