WHM 13

Inventory number: WHM 13
Period: Modern
Dynasty: Papal
Category: Medal
Ruler: Paulus VI (Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini)
Mint: Rome
Date: 1978 AD
Material: Silver
Manufacture: Struck
Shape: Circular
Diameter: 51 mm
Weight: 51.07g
Axis: 12h
Acquisition: Wadih Hadad Collection (Beirut). CNG, 257, 751.
Date of acquisition: 2011-06-08
Remarks: Medal posthumously issued in the name of Pope Paulus VI (1963-1978 AD). Triply-dated by his birth (26 September 1897), papal accession (21 June 1963) and death (6 August 1978).

PAVLVS · VI · PONTIFEX · MAXIMVS,

Name of engraver (on the collar),

Head of Paulus VI right, wearing zucchetto.

26 · SEPT · 1897 (to left), 6 ·AVG · 1978 (to right), 21 · IVNI ·1963 (below),

Coat-of-arms.