fme_1138778 - JOHN-PAUL II (Karol Wojtyla) Médaille, Visite de Jean-Paul II en Grande Bretagne
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Type : Médaille, Visite de Jean-Paul II en Grande Bretagne
Date: 1982
Metal : silver plated bronze
Diameter : 38 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 28,30 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure, rayures et concrétions
Obverse
Obverse legend : IOANNES PAULUS II. PONT. MAX.
Obverse description : Buste de trois-quarts vers la gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : POPE JOHN II BRITISH VISIT 1982.
Reverse description : Clés de Saint Pierre entouré par la légende.
Commentary
Médaille conservée avec son carton.
Medal preserved with its cardboard insert
Medal preserved with its cardboard insert
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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