CALIXTUS III

AE
39 mm



Obv.:

CALIXTVS • III | PONT • MAX •


Bust of the pope, l., wearing miter and cope.

Rev.:

OMNES• REGES•SERVIENT•EI

"All the kings shall be obedient to Him" (or to the Pope)

[a reworking of Psalm 72. 11: et adorabunt eum omnes reges omnes gentes servient ei ]


The Cross, on a hill, with the papal Tiara above, and light from heaven flooding both with tongues of fire; at the left a fisherman in a boat (St. Peter), at the right another boat.


Mazio, 13.
Spink 342.