WHM 19

Inventory number: WHM 19
Period: Renaissance
Dynasty: Papal
Category: Medal
Ruler: Gregorius XIII (Ugo Boncompagni)
Mint: Rome +0lk+
Date: 1575 AD
Material: Copper alloy
Manufacture: Struck
Shape: Circular
Diameter: 38mm
Weight: 29.55g
Axis: 12 h
Reference: Mazio 118; Lincoln 708.
Acquisition: Wadih Hadad Collection (Beirut). CNG, 287, 717 (from an old English collection).
Date of acquisition: 2012-09-26
Remarks: Medal designed by G.F. Bonozangna for pope Gregorius XIII (1572-1585)

GREGORIVS · XIII · PONT · MAX · ANNO · IVBILEI,

Bust of Gregorius XIII left, wearing zucchetto and mantum within a circle of dots

View of the sealed porta sancta (the Holy Door).