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Medal - Benedict XIV Virtues of the Pope, Equity
| Location | Papal States |
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| Year | 1740 |
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| Weight | 23.7 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bust of Pope Benedict XIV in high relief, wearing a camauro and papal vestments with an ornately decorated stole. The circumferential legend reads BENEDICTVS XIV · PONT · MAX · in raised Latin letters within a plain raised border. |
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| Obverse lettering | BENEDICTVS XIV·PONT·MAX· |
| Reverse description | Standing allegorical figure of Equity or Justice in classical robes, wearing a helmet, holding a balance scale in her raised right hand and a papal cross staff (ferula with serpents coiled at its base) in her left hand. Snakes writhe at her feet upon a ground line. The date MDCCXL appears in the exergue below a horizontal line, with a small engraver's mark beneath. The legend IVDICABIT IN ÆQVITATE curves around the upper field. |
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