Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Medal - John XXIII Consecration of Missionary Bishops
| Location | Vatican City |
|---|---|
| Year | 1960 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Struck |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Period | Log in to see details |
| Notice | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Right-facing bust of Pope John XXIII in high relief, wearing papal vestments with ornate embroidery. The circular Latin legend runs along the rim, with the engraver's signature MISTRUZZI inscribed in the lower field. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A ceremonial scene depicting the consecration of missionary bishops: several figures in episcopal vestments with mitres and pastoral staffs stand and kneel around a central altar, with tall candelabra visible in the background. The Latin legend is divided between the upper arc and the lower exergue in two lines. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |