E-auction 269-191458 - fme_489679 - VATICAN AND PAPAL STATES Médaille pour le cinquantenaire du pape Léon XIII

VATICAN AND PAPAL STATES Médaille pour le cinquantenaire du pape Léon XIII XF

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Estimate :	50 €
Price :	13 €
Maximum bid :	14 €
End of the sale :	11 June 2018 18:36:00
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Médaille pour le cinquantenaire du pape Léon XIII

Date: 1887

Mint name / Town : Italie, Rome

Metal : brass

Diameter : 32 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 7,53 g.

Edge : lisse

Puncheon : sans poinçon

Coments on the condition:

Présence d’incrustations. Usure régulière

Obverse

Obverse legend : LEO. XIII. PONT. MAX. - ROMAE.

Obverse description : Buste à droite du pape Léon XIII.

Reverse

Reverse legend : QUINQUAGESIMUS A SACERDOTTO LEONIS. XIII. P. M. // ANNIS. MDCCCLXXXVII.

Reverse description : Croix radiée sur un nuage.

Reverse translation : Cinquantenaire du sacerdoce de Leon XIII.

Commentary

Léon XIII, né Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci (2 mars 1810 - 20 juillet 1903), est le 256e pape de l'Église catholique (nom latin : Leo XIII ; nom italien : Leone XIII). Ayant succédé au pape Pie IX le 20 février 1878, il règne jusqu'à sa mort en 1903. Il est enterré en la basilique du Latran. Léon XIII est essentiellement connu pour son encyclique Rerum Novarum, publiée en 1891, première encyclique sociale.
Pope Leo XIII, born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci (March 2, 1810 – July 20, 1903), was the 256th Pope of the Catholic Church (Latin name: Leo XIII; Italian name: Leone XIII). Having succeeded Pope Pius IX on February 20, 1878, he reigned until his death in 1903. He is buried in the Lateran Basilica. Leo XIII is best known for his encyclical Rerum Novarum, published in 1891, the first social encyclical