Clement IX, marble portrait  bust by Gianlorenzo Bernini
CLEMENT X


(April 29, 1670 — July 22, 1676)




Clement X, 1670

Æ




Obv.:

CLEMENS • X • P • M • A • I •



Bust of the pope, l., wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole.






The Blessed Virgin Mary as an astral deity


Rev.:

CVM ME LAVDARENT SIMVL ASTRA MATVTINA

Job 38:7 cum me laudarent simul astra matutina et iubilarent omnes filii Dei


Blessed Virgin Mary, standing on a cloud, with the crescent moon at her feet and a halo of stars.




Mazio, 299.
Spink 1351.

 

Clement X, 1675

Æ




Obv.:

CLEMENS • X • PONT • MAX • AN • V •

IO•HAMERANVS

Bust of the pope, r., wearing cope (with the image of the Crucifixion on the shoulder) and tiara (triregnum).






Closing of the Holy Door, St. Peter's, Christmas 1675


Rev.:

FLVENT AD EVM OMNES GENTES

MCMLXXV

The Vatican Basilica and the Vatican Palace, with a view of Romulus and Remus and the Capitoline wolf in the foreground. Above, angels with a banner that reads: IN SPLENDORE STELLARVM. Celebrating the Jubilee of 1675.



Engraver: Giovanni Hamerani
Mazio, 318.
Spink 1340, 1367.

 

Clement X, 1675

Æ




Obv.:

CLEMENS • X • PONT • MAX • AN • VI •

IO•HAMERANVS

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






Closing of the Holy Door, St. Peter's, Christmas 1675


Rev.:

LAVDENT IN PORTIS OPERA EIVS

MCMLXXV

"They will praise his works in the doorways" [Proverbs 31.31]
Ceremony of the Closing of the Holy Door, Christmas, 1675.



Engraver: Giovanni Hamerani
Mazio, 319.
Spink 1351.

 

Clement X, 1676 Æ




Obv.:

CLEMENS • X • PONT • MAX • A • VII •

Bust of the pope, r., wearing cope.






Harbor of Civitavecchia


Rev.:

CVNCTIS • PATET • INGRESSVS

Harbor of Civitavecchia, with breakwater and lighthouse.





Mazio, 322.
Spink 1370.





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