MEDAL - Leo XIII - Year XXI of Pontificate 1898 - Annual - Borgia apartment AE

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MEDAL - Leo XIII - Year XXI of Pontificate 1898 - ANNUAL - Annual medal coined, issued on 06/29/1898, with a shiny background to commemorate the opening, following the restoration, of the rooms of the Borgia apartment; the inauguration of the apartments, built and inhabited by Alexander VI and frescoed by Pinturicchio, was made on 8 March 1897 in the presence of the College of Cardinals and the Diplomatic Corps ------------ Avers/ bust of the Pope with skullcap, mozzetta and stole, facing left, around legend: LEO • XIII • PONT • _ MAX • AN • XXI - under the bust: BIANCHI --------- Revers/ Christ in almond rises from the tomb, Alessandro on the left VI in prayer - around the upper semicircle the words: BORGIANIS • _ DIAETIS • IN • CVLTVM • PRISTIVM • RESTITVTIS - on the outside the date: MDCCCXCVIII --------- bronze metal - weight 38.36 - diameter mm . 43,50 - annual medal minted in 500 pieces - considered RARE - EF condition - taps on the outline - BOTTOM GLOSSY ----------- Ref. Cat. Montenegro 35th Ed. of 2020 n. 73 on page 686 - Ref. Cat. Bartolotti E 898 - Ref. Cat. RZ 841 - Ref. Cat. Modesti MA 365 - Ref. Cat. La Moneta code W-AE1121 / 1-1 ----
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