John XXIII (October 28, 1958 — June 3, 1963)

JOHN XXIII (October 28, 1958 — June 3, 1963) AG Obv.: IOHANNES • XXIII PONT • MAX • A • I Bust of pope, r., wearing zucchetto and cope. Rev.: EX HOC IAM HOMINES ERIS CAPIENS [Luke V. 10] The Calling of Saint Peter Jesus (at r.), full length, cloaked, right arm raised; confronting St. Peter (at l.), cloaked, holding a net in right hand. Sculptor: Enrico Manfrini Mint: S. Johnson (a pilgrim's medal) Calò, p. 149 #10 [Tav. XVIII]. AG Obv.: IOHANNES • XXIII • PONTIFEX • MAXIMVS • ANNO • II (beneath bust:) MISTRUZZI Bust of pope, r., wearing zucchetto and cope. Rev.: MISSIONALIS • ORBIS • EPISCOPOS POSTRID • NON • MAI • MCMLX CONSECRAVIT Three newly consecrated bishops seated before the altar of the Sistine Chapel, being presented with their croizers by bishops (at right) in the presence of Pope John, seated at the left on his throne, attended by two bishops-coconsecrators. May 8, 1960. Sculptor: Aurelio Mistruzzi (1880-1960) Calò, p. 154 #14. DeLuca 255. The fourteen bishops consecrated by Pope John were: Joseph Busimba (Goma); Renatus Butibubage (Mwanza); Eusebius Crawford ((Gizo); Peter Dery (Tamale); Anthony Galvin (Miri); James Hagan (Makurdi); Joseph Kilasara (Moshi); Thomas Muldoon (Sydney); Dominic Noguchi (Hiroshima); Francis Rajaonarivo (Miariniravo); Jerome Rakotomalala (Tananarive); Aloysius Scheerer (Multan); Bernard Yago (Abidjan); and Paul Zoungrana (Ouagadougou). AG 44 mm IOANNES • XXIII • PONTIFEX • MAX • | A • II • MCMLX Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto and cope. SANCTA • MARIA • SALVS • POPVLI • ROMANI (in field:) MHP | ØY (Greek abbreviations: MHTHP ØEOY: "Mother of God") Sculptor: Pietro Giampaoli Calò, p. 153 #13. AG 44 mm IOANNES • XXIII • PONT • MAX • | AN • III • Bust of the pope, l., wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole. SANCTVS • GREGORIVS • BARBADICVS (in exergue:) 26-V | AN • D • MCMLX St. Gregory Barbadigo, seated in his library, working on a manuscript. Sculptor: Pietro Giampaoli Calò p. 156-157: #19 DeLuca 259. Born in Venice in 1625, St. Gregory Barbadigo, Bishop of Bergamo, was in the retinue of the Venetian Embassy to the Peace of Westphalia at Münster (1648), where he was befriended by Fabio Chigi (Pope Alexander VII, 1655-1667). In 1660 the pope made him Bishop of Bergamo, and three years later Bishop of Pavia (1664), a post he held until his death in 1697. Appointed a Cardinal April 5, 1660, he participated in five conclaves. He was canonized by John XXIII on May 26, 1960. AG 44 mm IOANNES • XXIII • PONTIFEX • MAXIMVS (below: ANNO • IV • Bust of the pope, l., wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole. (beneath the bust:) GIAMPAOLI MATER ET MAGISTRA (in exergue:) 15-V- | 1961 Allegorical figure of The Church, open book in left hand, the flame of truth in right. At the left, a woman with children in front of a home; at right, men in front of a factory.. Commemorates the issue of the Encyclical Mater et Magistra by John XXIII on May 15, 1961. Sculptor: Pietro Giampaoli Calò p. 157: #21 DeLuca 261. AV IOANNES • XXIII • PONTIFEX • MAXIMVS • | CONCILIVM • OECVMENICVM • VATICANVM • II | AN • MCMLXII • Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto and cope. VBI • SVNT • DVO • VEL • TRES • CONGREGATI • IN • NOMINE • MEO | IBI • SVM • IN • MEDIO • EORVM ["Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst." Matthew 18. 20] Pope John XXIII, seated, wearing tiara, in the midst of an assembly of cardinals and mitred bishops, with Jesus Christ above amidst clouds and rays of light. AV IOANNES • XXIII • P • P | BALZANIANO • PRAEMIO • INSIGNITVS • PRO • PACE • ET • HVMANI | GENERIS • FRATERNI TATI • AD • MCMLXIII • V •F •A Bust of the pope, r., wearing zucchetto and mozzetta, keys and tiara below. .(beneath bust:) VEROI ET FACTA EST TRANQUILLITAS MAGNA [Mat 8:26 et dicit eis quid timidi estis modicae fidei tunc surgens imperavit ventis et mari et facta est tranquillitas magna] Jesus standing in a boat with kneeling apostles, calming the waves during a storm. . Sculptor: Guido Veroi The Balzan Prize is awarded by a committee of twenty members, selected from among the various prestigeous learned societies of Europe. The foundation which controls the money was established by Angela Lina Balzan, the daughter of Eugenio Balzan, one time co-owner of the Corriere della Sera. Four awards are made each year, to persons outstanding for work in the Humanities, Natural Sciences, Culture, and Efforts for Peace and the Brotherhood of Man. The first award was given in 1961—to the Nobel Foundation. Pope John XXIII won the Peace Prize in 1962.