The Pope Julius II Medal

1513

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

18.90 g, 6:00, 35.7 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Charles Wyllys Betts, B.A. 1867, M.A. 1871

Accession Number

2001.87.28495

Geography

Made in Italy

Culture

Italian

Period

16th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: JULIUS LIGUR PAPASECUNDUS. right profile.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: OSCULATI SUNT. man and women shake hands, scale suspended from their grasp.
Provenance
Charles Wyllys Betts, to about 1887; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1887 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

medals

Signed

S. E. VERNIER on obverse; monogram on rocks on reverse

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