1824 Antique Large Medal Papal Cardinal Ercole Consalvi Medallist Giuseppe Girometti

£95.00
 
£95.00
 
Ercole Consalvi (8 June 1757 – 24 January 1824) was a deacon and cardinal of the Catholic Church, who served twice as Cardinal Secretary of State for the Papal States and who played a crucial role in the post-Napoleonic reassertion of the legitimist principle of the divine right of kings, of which he was a constant supporter.
Medallist: Giuseppe Girometti
Obverse: Bust of Cardinal Ercole Consalvi facing left
Obverse legend: HERCVLES CONSALVI - S . R . E . CARD . DIAC G . GIROMETTI . F .
Reverse: Minerva standing left with oar and spear, owl on pillar with snake on right
Reverse legend: QVO FAS ET - GLORIA DVCVNT. DE AMICOR . SENTENTIA / ROMAE MDCCCXXIV / G . G .
Country: Italian states - Papal
Year: 1824 MDCCCXXIV
Metal: Bronze
Weight ±: 87.43 g.
Diameter ±: 54 mm
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SKU: MED37-
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