ALEXANDER VI
(August 11, 1492–
August 18, 1503)
(August 11, 1492–
August 18, 1503)
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ALEXANDER VI (August 11, 1492– August 18, 1503) |
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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] |
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Artaud de Montor points out (Histoire des Souverains Pontifes romains Volume III [Paris 1851] p. 395) that the fields in the shield are reversed.
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AE 46 mm Obv.: . ALESSANDRO • VI • PONT • MAX • Bust of the pope, l., tonsured, wearing cope. |
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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. |
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AE 46 mm Obv.: • ALESSANDRO • VI • PONT • MAX . Bust of the pope, l., tonsured, wearing cope. |
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John Paul Adams, CSUN
john.p.adams@csun.edu
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