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Medal - Pius XI Construction of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology
| Location | Vatican City |
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| Year | 1926 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bust of Pope Pius XI wearing a skullcap, mozzetta, and ornately embroidered stole, in high relief against a toned silver field. The encircling Latin legend reads PIVS XI PONT MAX AN V, with the engraver's signature MISTRUZZI incused in the lower field. |
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| Reverse description | An allegorical seated figure of Christian Archaeology, veiled and crowned, faces forward in a catacomb setting; she raises a lamp in her right hand and holds an open inscribed tablet reading ROMA SOTTERRANEA bearing a Chi-Rho monogram with her left. Early Christian funerary frescoes, carved niches, and inscribed slabs are rendered in relief in the background. The exergual legend in three lines reads SCHOLA·ARCHAEOLOGIAE·CHRIST· / ROMAE·INSTITVTA / MCMXXVI. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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