fme_1102718 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - LEO XIII (Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci) Médaille, Couronnement du pape
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Type : Médaille, Couronnement du pape
Date: 1878
Mint name / Town : Italie, Rome
Metal : silver
Diameter : 45 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver BIANCHI Francesco (1842-1918)
Weight : 31,16 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure et rayures. Médaille nettoyée
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEO XIII PONT - MAX ANNO I.
Obverse description : Buste à gauche du pape Léon XIII, signé : F. BIANCHI.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (FLEUR) DEO. AVCTORE. ECCLESIAE. VNIVERSAE. RECTOR. DATVS. X. KAL. MART. A. MDCCCLXXVIII..
Reverse description : Emblèmes pontificales.
Commentary
Médaille conservée dans une boîte rouge décorée des emblèmes pontificales du pape et guirlande autours, feutrine et soie violette à l’intérieur.
Medal kept in a red box decorated with the Pope's pontifical emblems and a garland around it, lined with felt and purple silk inside
Medal kept in a red box decorated with the Pope's pontifical emblems and a garland around it, lined with felt and purple silk inside
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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