BENEDICT XVI

( April 19, 2005 — February 28, 2013 )

	AE 39 mm Obv.: BENEDICTVS XVI P . M . ANNO I Half figure of the pope, l., wearing chasuble and mitre, carrying his papal cross.
	Rev.: • COOPERATORES • VERITATIS • (below:) 19 – 24 IV MMV Papal coat of arms, on crossed keys, surmounted by papal mitre. COOPERATORES VERITATIS (3 John 1. 8 ) was Benedict XVI's motto on his episcopal coat-of-arms.

AG
39 mm

Obv.:

BENEDICTVS XVI PONT . MAX. A I

3/4 figure of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, stole, and pectoral cross.

[Annual Medal, Year 1]

Rev.:

(below:) 9-10 • XII | 2005

The Virgin of Loreto, with views of the main altar (l.), exterior of basilica (r.) and Holy House (center, below).

[Commemorates the papal pilgrimage to Loreto on December 9-10, 2005]

44 mm

Obv.: BENEDICTVS XVI PONT MAX ANNO III

Bust of the pope, facing rightt, wearing cassock, zucchetto and pectoral crossI

[Annual medal, Year 3]

Rev.:

CHRISTVS | PAX NOSTRA ("Christ, our peace")

Christ crucified with Virgin Mary at left and John the Divine at right.

Sculptor: Guido Veroi
Mintage: 6000

AG
39 mm

Obv.:

BENEDICTVS XVI PONT . MAX. ANNO IV

Bust of the Pope, r., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, stole.

[Annual Medal, Year 4]

Rev.:

SPE SALVI FACTI SVMVS ["We are saved through Hope"] (Romans 8. 24)

Decorated cross in the sky; a star in the sky at extreme right; a ship with sails in the sea below, a ribbon attached to the mast, AVE MARIS STELLA ["Hail, Star of the Sea"]

[Commemorates the Year of Hope, 2008]

AE
44 mm

Obv.: ANNO V || BENEDICTUS XVI PONT MAX

Half-length figure of the pope, 3/4 profile to left, wearing chasuble, holding the Cross of Paul VI

[Annual Medal, Year 5]

Rev.:

MIHI | VIVE | RE || CHRI | STUS | EST (Philippians 1. 21)

Facing figure of St. Paul, holding the sword of his martyrdom in his left hand and the book of his epistles in his right hand. Behind, the Basilica of S. Paul outside-the-walls, Rome. Commemorates the Pauline Year.

Sculptor: D. Spina and S. Weller
Mintage: 6000

	AE 44 mm Obv.: •BENEDICTVS•XVI•PONT•MAX•ANNO VI• Bust of the pope, r., wearing cope and zucchetto, hands folded.
	Rev.: CARITAS IN VERITATE " Charity in truth" Christ healing the sick cf. 2 John 1:3 sit nobiscum gratia misericordia pax a Deo Patre et a Christo Iesu Filio Patris in veritate et caritate This was the title of Benedict XVI's third Encyclical of June 29, 2009. Sculptor: Mariangela Crisciotti Mintage: 6000

AG
44 mm

Obv.:

•BENEDICTUS XVI • PONT • MAX • ANNO VII•

Bust of the pope, facing, wearing cassock, zucchetto and pectoral cross

[Annual Medal, Year 7]

Rev.:

SACERDOTII LX CELEBRAT NATALEM • XXIX IVNII MCMLI

The Good Shepherd, facing.

(in ribbon:) ADIVTORES | GAVDI VESTRI

Commemorates Benedict XVI's sixtieth year as a priest.

Sculptor: Mariangela Crisciotti
Mintage: 6000

AG
39 mm

Obv.:

BENEDICTVS XVI PONT . MAX. | ANNO VIII

Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, stole.

Christ Pantokrator, with book with text of John 12. 8

Rev.:

(above) SYNODVS EPISCOPORUM XIII COETUS | GENERALIS ORDINARIVS [Thirteenth General Ordinary Synod of Bishops]

Christ Pantokrator, the Light of the World, from the mosaic in the apse of the Royal Chapel in Palermo. He holds a book in his left hand with the text of John 12. 8.

(below) SICVT MISIT | ME PATER ET EGO MITTO VOS (John 20. 21)

[Annual Medal, Year 8, Commemorates the XIII Synod of Bishops, October, 2012]

1000 AV, 6000 AG, 6000 AE [Thanks to David Grant]

February 24, 2013 7:04 AM

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

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