PAVLVS  VENETVS P P II

PAUL II



(August 30, 1464 - July 26, 1471)







Pope Paul II

AE



Obv.:

PAVLVS · II · VENETVS · PONT · MAX



Bust of the pope, r., wearing zucchetto and cope.


Wild boar in forest being pursued by hunter and dogs

Rev.:


(in exergue:)
• SOLVM • IN • FERAS •
• PIVS • BELLATOR •
• PASTOR •


Wild boar in forest, surrounded by hunting dogs, pursued by rider on horse at left.



Mazio, 19.
Spink 377.

 

Pope Paul II

AE



Obv.:

PAVLVS · II · VENETVS · PONT · MAX



Bust of the pope, r., wearing zucchetto and cope.


Allegorical Figure Hilaritas

Rev.:



HILARITAS · PVBLICA

Draped figure, with a cornucopia in left arm and palm branch in right hand.



Mazio, 20.
Spink 380.

 

Bust of Pope Paul, right, wearing cope

AE



Obv.:

PAVLVS · II · VENETVS · PONT · MAX



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


Palazzo Venezia, Rome

Rev.:



HAS AEDES CONDIDIT ANNO CHRISTI MCCCCLXV

View of the Piazza Venezia, Rome.



Mazio, —.
Spink 375.
Not in Du Molinet or Artaud de Montor


a cast (of a cast); obverse and reverse of different quality



Pawnall, [Charles Assheton Whately], "Papal Medals of the Fifteenth Century," Numismatic Chronicle third series 4 (1884), 160-188.



January 31, 2010 11:33 AM

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