fme_1103404 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - LEO XIII (Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci) Médaille, médaille annuelle
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Type : Médaille, médaille annuelle
Date: 1896
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 43,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver BIANCHI Francesco (1842-1918)
Weight : 38,01 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Jolie patine marron, légèrement irisée, présentant quelques points d’usure et quelques taches d’oxydation
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEO. XIII. PONT. - MAX. AN. XIX.
Obverse description : Buste du Saint-Père à gauche ; au-dessous, BIANCHI.
Obverse translation : (Léon XIII, Souverain pontife, XIXe année).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FIET. VNVM. OVILE. ET. VNVS - PASTOR // VNS / DOMI / NVS // À L’EXERGUE : MDCCCXCVI.
Reverse description : Le Christ sur une nuée tenant une bannière.
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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