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Pius V: Battle of Lepanto
Giovanni Antonio de Rossi (Italian)
Italian (Rome)
after 1571
Mint: Rome, Italy
Medium/Technique
Metal; copper alloy
Credit Line
Bequest of Helen O. Bigelow
Accession NumberRES.23.148
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Pope Pius V (Pope 1566-1572), commemorating the battle of Lepanto (1571). Beaded rim on both faces.
Obverse: Profile bust of Pius V looking to proper left, tonsured and raising right hand in blessing, wearing medal with two busts around neck; inscribed at edge in band "·PIVS·V·PONTIFEX·MAXIMVS·" and "·AN·V·" and under bust "·IO·ANT·R·F".
Reverse: Many ships at battle on seas with an angel-like figure on ship slightly proper right of center and possible an arm descending from clouds above; inscribed above "·A·DOMINO·FACTVM·EST·ISTVD·1·5·7·1·".
Obverse: Profile bust of Pius V looking to proper left, tonsured and raising right hand in blessing, wearing medal with two busts around neck; inscribed at edge in band "·PIVS·V·PONTIFEX·MAXIMVS·" and "·AN·V·" and under bust "·IO·ANT·R·F".
Reverse: Many ships at battle on seas with an angel-like figure on ship slightly proper right of center and possible an arm descending from clouds above; inscribed above "·A·DOMINO·FACTVM·EST·ISTVD·1·5·7·1·".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge in band "·PIVS·V·PONTIFEX·MAXIMVS·" and "·AN·V·" and under bust "·IO·ANT·R·F".
Reverse: Inscribed above "·A·DOMINO·FACTVM·EST·ISTVD·1·5·7·1·".
Reverse: Inscribed above "·A·DOMINO·FACTVM·EST·ISTVD·1·5·7·1·".
Provenance1923, Helen O. Bigelow; 1923, bequest of Helen O. Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 3, 1923)