fme_847994 - VATICAN - BENEDICT XV (Giacomo Dalla Chiesa) Médaille, Fondation de l'Institut pontifical d'études orientales
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Type : Médaille, Fondation de l'Institut pontifical d'études orientales
Date: 1918
Metal : silver
Diameter : 43,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 37,76 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Belle patine grise hétérogène, avec des taches d’oxydation à l’avers. Aspect irisé au revers. Présence de quelques petits coups et rayures
Catalogue references :
Bartolotti E918
Obverse
Obverse legend : BENEDICTUS. XV. - PONT. MAX. A. IV.
Obverse description : Buste habillé en tenue pontificale de profil à gauche. Signé : BIANCHI.
Reverse
Reverse legend : À L’EXERGUE : ORIENTIS. CHIRSTIANI / STVDIIS. AVCTIS.
Reverse description : Représentation de Benoît XV bénissant un chrétien agenouillé et priant devant lui.
Historical background
VATICAN - BENEDICT XV (Giacomo Dalla Chiesa)
(03/09/1914-22/01/1922)
Successor of Pius X, Giacomo Dalla Chiesa was elected pope under the name of Benedict XV on September 3, 1914. His pontificate coincided with the First World War during which he showed intense diplomatic activity. It is also marked by the promulgation of the new Code of Canon Law, an important step in the centralization of papal power. He died on January 22, 1922.
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