BENEDICT XIII

(May 29, 1724 — February 21, 1730)

	Æ Obv.: BENEDICTVS • XIII • PONT • MAX Bust of the pope, r., wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole.
	Rev.: CAROLO • MAGNO • ROMANAE • ECCLESIAE • VINDICI • (in exergue:) ANNO • IVBILEI \| MDCCXXV "To Charles the Great, Defender of the Roman Church. In the Jubilee Year 1725." Equestrian statue of Charlemagne on a decorated base. Mazio, 422. Spink 1730

The statue, by A. Cornacchini (1685-1740), is in the south end of the Portico of S. Peter's Basilica, Rome.

	AG 42 mm Obv.: BENEDICTVS • XIII • P • M • AN • JVBIL • Bust of the pope, l., wearing Papal Tiara and cope. (on bottom of bust:) HAMERANVS • F
	Rev.: FLVVNT • AD • EVM • OMNES • GENTES St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Apostolic Palace. In the foreground, Romulus and Remus being nursed by the wolf, amid the bushes. In the sky, an angel bearing a scroll and blowing a trumpet. Mazio, 420. Spink 1727.

A splendid specimen is to be found in the
Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, Cabinet des Médailles, Collection Charles Van Schoor

	Æ Obv.: BENEDICTVS • XIII • P • M • AN • IVBIL • Bust of the pope, l., wearing tiara and cope. HAMERANVS
	Rev.: (on a ribbon, above:) DOMVS • DEI • ET • PORTA • COELI The Pope and the papal court at the opening of the Holy Door, Christmas, 1724. Mazio, — . Spink 1725.

	Æ Obv.: . BENEDICT • • XIII • PONT • M • A • I Bust of the pope, r., wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole.
	Rev.: QUID • VOLO • NISI • VT • ACCENDATVR St. Dominic on clouds, ascending into heaven, accompanied by angels, a book (Gospels) under his left hand; the surface of the earth below. Pope Benedict XIII was a member of the Dominican Order (Ordo Praedicatorum ) Spink 1715

	Æ Obv.: • BENED • XIII \| P • MAX • A • VI • Bust of the pope, l., wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole, his right hand raised in blessing. HAMERANVS
	Rev.: APOTHEOSIS IN LATERANO (in exergue:) S • JOAN • NEPOM \| MDCCXXIX St. John Nepomucene on clouds, with a martyr's palm in hsi right hand, ascending into heaven, being crowned by an angel. On the left, the Scala Santa; on the right, the Lateran Palace, the loggia of benediction of the Lateran Basilica, and the Lateran Baptistery. Mazio, 429 Spink 1747

Pope Benedict XIII canonized St. John Nepomuk on May 19, 1729, in the Lateran Basilica.

Statue of St. John Nepomucene,
Charles Bridge, Prague.The saint was thrown
from the bridge to his death.

January 17, 2010 12:27 PM

John Paul Adams, CSUN
john.p.adams@csun.edu