PIUS V

(January 7, 1566 – May 1, 1572)

	Obv.: PIVS · V · PONTIFEX · MAX Bust of Pius V, r., bearheaded, wearing cope.
	Rev.: IMPERA·D(omi)NE·ET·FAC·TRANQVILITATEM Jesus and apostles in a boat with a sail on a choppy sea. Mazio, 105. Spink 643. [a modern imitation]

Obv.:

•PIVS• V •PONTIFEX•MAX•

Bust of Pius V, r., bearheaded, wearing cope.

Rev.:

PAX

Allegorical figure of Peace, cornucopia in left hand, pointing with seceptre (or torch )in right hand to treasures.

Mazio, 101.
Spink 636.

Obv.:

PIVS• V •PONTIFEX•MAX•

Bust of Pius V, l., bearheaded, wearing cope.

Grove of trees with a temple at the center, the Holy Spirit above

Rev.:

E TENEBRIS DIES | E LVCO LVX | LVCET

A temple in a garden amidst a grove of trees (lucus), the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove spreading light (lux) from above.

Mazio, 98.
Spink 632.

Obv.:

PIVS• V • PONTIFEX•MAXIMVS•AN• V •

IO•AN R• F

Bust of Pius V, r., bareheaded, wearing cope and morse with heads of Sts. Peter and Paul

Rev.:

FECIT• POTENTIAM• IN• BRACCHIO•SVO• DISPERSIT•SVPERBOS (Luke 1. 51)

(in exergue;) 1570

Pope kneeling in prayer at right, before Lateran, with his courtiers; a battle at right. Angels of heaven and clouds above.
Engraver: G. A. De Rossi

Mazio, —.
Spink 647.

Victories over the Huguenots at Jarnac and at Moncontour (1569) (Spink)
F. Artaud de Montor, Histoire des souverains pontifes IV (Paris 1851, 284 #4.
a modern reproduction

Obv.:

PIVS• V • PONT OPT•MAX•ANNO• VI •

P•P

Bust of Pius V, l., wearing camauro and mozzetta.

Rev.:

DOMINE QVIS | SIMILIS TIBI (Psalm 89. 8 ?)

GASP MOLO

C•PRIV•S•PONT•

Portrait of Christ.

Mazio, 108.
Spink 666.

October 26, 2015 0:36 AM

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

PIUS V

Victories over the Huguenots at Jarnac and at Moncontour (1569) (Spink) F. Artaud de Montor, Histoire des souverains pontifes IV (Paris 1851, 284 #4. a modern reproduction

Victories over the Huguenots at Jarnac and at Moncontour (1569) (Spink)
F. Artaud de Montor, Histoire des souverains pontifes IV (Paris 1851, 284 #4.
a modern reproduction