ALEXANDER VI



(August 11, 1492–
August 18, 1503)

 Pope Alexander VI, 1500




Pope Alexander VI, 1492 AE
46 mm

Obv.:

. ALESSANDRO • VI • PONT • MAX •


Bust of the pope, l., tonsured, wearing cope.



{large die crack in field, r., through collar of cope; rust marks in r. field and on pope's cheek]
The Holy Door

Rev.:

RODERICO • LENZVOLA • D • BORGIA • SP • M • CD • XCII


Shield with coat of arms of the Borgia, surmounted by Tiara and crossed keys.



Mazio, 27.
Spink, 409-410.

Artaud de Montor points out (Histoire des Souverains Pontifes romains Volume III [Paris 1851] p. 395) that the fields in the shield are reversed.

 

Pope Alexander VI, 1500 AE
46 mm

Obv.:

. ALESSANDRO • VI • PONT • MAX •


Bust of the pope, l., tonsured, wearing cope.
The Holy Door

Rev.:

CITA . APERITIO . | BREVES . AETERNAT | . DIES .


Holy Door, St. Peter's Basilica, Opening Ceremony 1500.



Engraver: Girolamo Paladino

Spink 414.

This specimen of the medal by Girolamo Paladino is to be found in the Charles Van Schoor Collection in the Cabinet des Medailles of the Royal Belgain Library in Bruxelles.

 

Pope Alexander VI, 1500 AE
46 mm

Obv.:

• ALESSANDRO • VI • PONT • MAX .


Bust of the pope, l., tonsured, wearing cope.
The closing of the Holy Door

Rev.:

RESERAVIT • ET • CLAVSIT • ANN • IV •

(in exergue:) • M • D •

Holy Door, St. Peter's Basilica, Closing Ceremony 1500.


Mazio, 29.
Spink 412-413.
CNORP I, 176.



A Mazio copy. Note the large vertical crack in the reverse.

 

June 14, 2009 4:47 PM

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

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