fme_1103513 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - LEO XIII (Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci) Médaille, Centenaire de sa sainteté, Basilique del Socorro
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Type : Médaille, Centenaire de sa sainteté, Basilique del Socorro
Date: 1903
Metal : silver plated metal
Diameter : 62 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 90,16 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des taches d’oxydation. Petite usure et quelques rayures. Des coups sur la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : BASILICA DEL SOCORRO - 13 DE SETIEMBRE 1903.
Obverse description : Buste de trois-quarts à gauche, signé : BELLAGAMBA / Y ROSSI.
Reverse
Reverse legend : .AL SENOR DE LOS MILAGROS EN SU CENTENARIO. - CORONADO A NOMBRE DE S. S. LEON XIII Y PIO X // 1803 - 1903.
Reverse description : Crucifix.
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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