Benedict XIII portrait
BENEDICT XIII


(May 29, 1724 — February 21, 1730)







Pope Benedict XIII Æ



Obv.:

BENEDICTVS • XIII • PONT • MAX

Bust of the pope, r., wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole.
Equestrian Statue of Charlemagne Rev.:

CAROLO • MAGNO • ROMANAE • ECCLESIAE • VINDICI •

(in exergue:) ANNO • IVBILEI | MDCCXXV

"To Charles the Great, Defender of the Roman Church. In the Jubilee Year 1725." Equestrian statue of Charlemagne on a decorated base.

The statue, by A. Cornacchini (1685-1740), is in the south end of the Portico of S. Peter's Basilica, Rome.

Mazio, 422.
Spink 1730


Pope Benedict XIII AG
42 mm


Obv.:


BENEDICTVS • XIII • P • M • AN • JVBIL •

Bust of the pope, l., wearing Papal Tiara and cope.

(on bottom of bust:) HAMERANVS • F
Equestrian Statue of Charlemagne
Rev.:


FLVVNT • AD • EVM • OMNES • GENTES


St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Apostolic Palace. In the foreground, Romulus and Remus being nursed by the wolf, amid the bushes. In the sky, an angel bearing a scroll and blowing a trumpet.



Mazio, 420.
Spink 1727.

A splendid specimen is to be found in the
Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, Cabinet des Médailles, Collection Charles Van Schoor


Pope Benedict XIII, Year 1 Æ


Obv.:

BENEDICTVS • XIII • P • M • AN • IVBIL •

Bust of the pope, l., wearing tiara and cope.

HAMERANVS
The Papal Court, opening the Holy Door in St. Peter's Basilica, Christmas, 1724.
Rev.:

(on a ribbon, above:)

DOMVS • DEI • ET • PORTA • COELI

The Pope and the papal court at the opening of the Holy Door, Christmas, 1724.



Mazio, — .
Spink 1725.


Pope Benedict XIII, Year 1 Æ


Obv.:

. BENEDICT • • XIII • PONT • M • A • I

Bust of the pope, r., wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole.
St. Dominic, ascending to Heaven
Rev.:

QUID • VOLO • NISI • VT • ACCENDATVR

St. Dominic on clouds, ascending into heaven, accompanied by angels, a book (Gospels) under his left hand; the surface of the earth below.


Pope Benedict XIII was a member of the Dominican Order (Ordo Praedicatorum )

Spink 1715



Pope Benedict XIII, Year 6 Æ


Obv.:

• BENED • XIII | P • MAX • A • VI • Bust of the pope, l., wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole, his right hand raised in blessing.

HAMERANVS
St. John Nepomucene
Rev.:

APOTHEOSIS IN LATERANO

(in exergue:) S • JOAN • NEPOM | MDCCXXIX

St. John Nepomucene on clouds, with a martyr's palm in hsi right hand, ascending into heaven, being crowned by an angel. On the left, the Scala Santa; on the right, the Lateran Palace, the loggia of benediction of the Lateran Basilica, and the Lateran Baptistery.

Pope Benedict XIII canonized St. John Nepomuk on May 19, 1729, in the Lateran Basilica.

Mazio, 429
Spink 1747


Statue of St. John Nepomucene, Charles Bridge, Prague

Statue of St. John Nepomucene,
Charles Bridge, Prague.The saint was thrown
from the bridge to his death.

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