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5 Lire - Pivs XI

Issuer Vatican City State
Year 1929-1937
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse description Left-facing draped bust of Pope Pius XI, wearing the papal mozetta richly embroidered with decorative motifs, rendered in high relief in the style of Aurelio Mistruzzi. The legend arcs around the periphery reading PIVS XI PONT MAX followed by the regnal year of the pontificate. The engravers' signatures MISTRVZZI and A. MOTTI INC. appear in small characters at the lower right of the field. The portrait captures the Pope's strong facial features with naturalistic detail characteristic of Italian medallic art of the interwar period.
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Obverse lettering PIVS XI PONT· MAX·A·XI MISTRVZZI A·MOTTI·INC
(Translation: Pius XI Pontifex Maximus, greatest priest, Year XI (11) of papacy A. MISTRUZZI (Engraver))
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