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Medal - Sigismondo Chigi Sede Vacante
| Location | Vatican City |
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| Year | 1958 |
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| Technique | Struck |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the elaborate Chigi family coat of arms in high relief, quartered and surmounted by a princely crown with mantling, flanked by decorative scrollwork and tasselled drapery. The shield incorporates the characteristic Chigi mounds and oak tree motifs, with crossed papal keys and tiara visible at the top of the achievement. A engraver's signature appears in small letters at the bottom of the field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a seven-line Latin inscription in bold Roman capitals centered in the field, identifying Prince Sigismondo Chigi as Perpetual Marshal of the Holy Roman Church, with a six-pointed star ornament above the text and a short rule below. The plain, undecorated field gives prominence to the raised lettering. |
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