20 Lire of Pope Paul VI from Rome | Yale University Art Gallery

1967

Medium: Gilt White Metal
Dimensions: 3.56 g, 6:00, 21.1 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001
Accession Number: 2001.87.33692
Geography: Made in Rome, Italy
Culture: Papal
Period: 20th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: PAVLVS.VI / PONT.MAX.A.V r. bust Paul VI wearing papal cap and mantle decorated with standing haloed figure and fur trim, G. PIRRONE-MONASSI INC.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: .CITTA' DEL VATICANO. / L. 20 sword facing down intersecting two crossed keys below, frontal bust St. Peter l., frontal bust St. Paul r., G. P. below

Provenance

Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, lire, money

Marks

serrated edge

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