Medal of Pope Leo XII | Yale University Art Gallery

1824

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 41.46 g, 12:00, 43.1 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Irving Dillaye-Vann, B.A. 1897
Accession Number: 2001.87.28241
Geography: Made in Italy
Culture: Italian
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: LEO XII PONT MAX ANNO II. left profile in pope's robes and hat.

Reverse Description: IANVAS COELI APERVIT. image of pope opening the holy door amid throng of bystanders.

Provenance

Irving Dillaye-Van, to about 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

medals

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

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