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Medal - Benedict XIV Sobieska Monument
| Location | Papal States |
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| Year | 1742 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse lettering | BENED . XIV PONT . M . A . III. |
| Reverse description | A detailed depiction in high relief of the funerary monument to Maria Clementina Sobieska in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, showing an allegorical female figure in dynamic drapery holding a shield, flanked by flanking pilasters and columns, with a mourning putto below at the base of the pedestal. The Latin legend runs along the left and right borders of the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | MEMORIÆ . M . CLEM . M . BRIT . REGINÆ. (Translation: To the memory of Maria Clementina, Queen of Great Britain) |
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