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200 Lire - Ioannes Paulus II Our Lady of the Sign
| Issuer | Vatican City State |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Facing three-quarter bust of Pope John Paul II wearing papal skullcap (zucchetto) and vestments, set within a slightly recessed central field. The encircling legend IOANNES PAVLVS II P.M. A.XII MCMXC runs along the upper periphery in bold relief lettering. The engraver's signature A. CANEVARI appears in the lower field beneath the bust, flanked on either side by a small decorative olive or laurel branch motif. The overall composition is austere and dignified, rendered in a restrained sculptural style characteristic of Vatican coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Full-length frontal figure of the Virgin Mary depicted in the iconographic tradition of Our Lady of the Sign (Theotokos of the Sign), her arms raised at her sides with open palms in an orant posture. The Christ Child is shown in medallion form on her chest, rendered in the Byzantine Emmanuele style with both hands raised in blessing. The Virgin wears a maphorion and long robe, with a nimbus encircling her head. The legend CITTA DEL VATICANO is distributed to the left and right of the figure along the rim, with the denomination L. 200 inscribed in the lower left field and the Rome mint mark R appearing at lower right. |
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| Mint | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Rome, Italy |
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