University:
California State University, Northridge
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RS 345 | Christianity
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2010
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69

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13
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Annabelle Moreno

PIUS VII (February 15, 1800 – August 29, 1823) Æ Obv.: PIVS VII P • M • AN II Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and stole. (beneath bust:) G • HAMERANI Rev.: INEVNTE • PONTIFICATVM SOLEMNITER Papal tiara, with Keys of Peter entwined with flabellae of the tiara; the radiated Holy Spirit above. Engraver: Gioacchimo Hamerani Spink, 2003-2005. Æ Obv.: PIVS • VII | PONT • MAX Bust of the pope, r., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and stole. (beneath bust:) T • MERCANDETTI •F •R Rev.: FVNDAMENTA • FIDEI (in exergue:) • MDCCCIV • Busts of St. Peter and St. Paul, with haloes, facing each other. (beneath bust of St. Peter:) T • M • F Engraver: Tommaso Mercandetti Mazio, 545 Spink, 2008. Restrike. Reverse die broken at left rim, from 7:00-9:00 Æ Obv.: PIVS VII P. M. HOS | PES NEAPOLIONIS IMP. (Beneath bust:) DENON | AN XIII Bust of the pope, r., wearing Tiara and cope. [Denon was chief engraver at the State Mint in Paris, and Napoleon I's director of state museums. Year 13 is calculated by the calendar of the First French Republic] Rev.: IMPERATOR | SACRATVS Monogram: MA(ria) In exergue: PARISIIS · II · DEC · MDCCCIV | XI · FRIM · AN · XIII · | Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris. [Coronation of Napoleon as Emperor, December 2, 1804] Spink, 2020. A. F. Artaud de Montor, Histoire du Pie VII Tome II 3ème ed (Paris 1839) 146-160. Æ Obv.: PIVS VII | P • M • AN • IV Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and stole. (beneath bust:) I • HAMERANI Rev.: MONETA RESTITVTA (in exergue:) MDCCCIII Helmeted allegorical figure, scales in left hand, cornucopia over hight shoulder. Mazio, 542. Spink, 2011. Æ Obv.: PIVS VII P • M • AN • V Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and stole. (beneath bust:) G • HAMERANI Rev.: CAVSA • NOSTRAE • LAETITIAE • Portrait of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with halo. (beneath bust:) G • HAMERANI Engraver: G. Hamerani Mazio, 544. Spink, 2013. Æ Obv.: PIVS VII P•M• AN • VII Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and stole. (beneath bust:) G • HAMERANI Rev.: SALINÆ • TARQVIN • INSTITVTAE • Allegorical figure of Plenty, standing to left, carrying cornucopia in left arm. Commemoration of the opening of the salt pans near Tarquinia in Tuscany. Engraver: G. Hamerani Mazio, 547. Spink, 2032. Æ Obv.: PIVS VII P. M. HOS | PES NEAPOLIONIS IMP. (Beneath bust:) DENON | AN XIII Bust of the pope, r., wearing Tiara and cope. Rev.: EN JANVIER MDCCCV | S.S. PIE VII A VISITÉ | LA MONNAIE | DES MÉDAILLES. Inscription in field, Ombrellone above, crossed keys below, tied by cords. [In January, 1805, Pius VII was the unwilling "guest" of the Emperor Napoleon in Paris. E. Pistolesi, Vita del Sommo Pontefice Pio VII (Roma 1824) pp. 220-221.] Spink, 2016. Æ Obv.: RENOVATVM PRODIGIVM (in exergue:) T. MDCCCXV MERCANDETTI F. ROMA | St. Peter delivered from prison by an angel. Rev.: POPVLO CHRISTIANO | PLAVDENTE | PIVS VII P.M. | PONTIFICIO SOLIO RESTITVTVS | ROMAM INGREDITVR | DIE XXIV MAII | MDCCCXIV Inscription in field, head above, monogram below. [On May 24, 1814, Pius VII returned to Rome after being in exile since 1809.] Mazio, reverse of 551, obverse of 552. Spink, 2045-2048. AG Obv.: PIVS SEPTIMVS .PONT. M AX. ANNO .XVII Bust of the pope, r., wearing Tiara and cope. Rev.: (Inscription in exergue:) BONONIA.FERRARIA.AEMILIA | PICENO BENEVENTO RAVENNATE | PONTIFICI POTESTATI | RESTITVTIS | A.D.MDCCCXV | BRANDT Group of six allegorical female figures, each dressed in regional costume; Inscription in exergue, Ombrellone above, crossed keys below, tied by cords. Mazio, 557. Spink, 2054. [cf. 2051 of Anno XV] [After the Congress of Vienna, thanks to the efforts of Ercolele Cardinal Consalvi, the Papal States were able to recover many of the territories in Italy which had been stripped from papal control by French armies and Napoleon.] Æ Obv.: PIVS · VII · PONTIFEX · MAXIMUS · ANN · X XI (Beneath bust:) T · MERCANDETTI · ROMAE Bust of the pope, l., wearing tiara (triregnum) and cope. Rev.: ACADEMIIS | ARCHIGYMNASII | · ROMANI Wreath, with inscription Mazio, 565. Spink, 2071. Æ Obv.: PIVS · VII · PONT · MAX · ANNO · XXII (Beneath bust:) T · MERCANDETTI · MDCCCXXI Bust of the pope, r., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta and stole. Rev.: S · FRANCISCI · SEPVLCRVM · GLORIOSV M In exergue: MDCCCXVIII (and the monogram TM) The tomb of St. Francis of Assisi, a cardinal standing at the right, supervising the opening of the tomb. Mazio, 567. Spink, 2076. Æ Obv.: PIVS · VII · PONT · MAX · ANN · XXIIII (Beneath bust:) T · MERCANDETTI | F ROMAE · MDCCCXXI Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta and stole. Rev.: TV · DOMINVS · ET · MAGISTER In exergue: EXEMPL(um) DED(i) } VOBIS Christ, with a halo, kneeling, washing the feet of a disciple, seated at left, in a basin. John 13:13-15 vos vocatis me magister et Domine et bene dicitis sum etenim. si ergo ego lavi vestros pedes Dominus et magister et vos debetis alter alterius lavare pedes. exemplum enim dedi vobis ut quemadmodum ego feci vobis ita et vos faciatis Mazio, 570. Spink, 2088.