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Pius XI gold "Canonization of St. Thomas Aquinas" Medal Anno II (1923) by Aurelio Mistruzzi MS62 NGC, 42.5mm, 52.50g, Bartolotti E-923, R.Z.-882, Cusumano-Modesti 17. An impressive and hefty specimen struck to commemorate the 6th centenary of the canonization of St. Thomas Aquinas, perhaps the greatest Christian scholar of the High Middle Ages, this bright and lustrous medal features highly mirror-like fields with only scattered contact marks preventing a higher grade. The stunning reverse design depicts Pope John XXII (who canonized Thomas Aquinas on 18 July 1323) kneeling before St. Pius V, with Dante and St. Beatrice to his left, and St. Thomas Aquinas seated in a mandorla with an open book (like his Summa Theologica) above.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 5000-7000 USD
Pius XI gold "Canonization of St. Thomas Aquinas" Medal Anno II (1923) by Aurelio Mistruzzi MS62 NGC, 42.5mm, 52.50g, Bartolotti E-923, R.Z.-882, Cusumano-Modesti 17. An impressive and hefty specimen struck to commemorate the 6th centenary of the canonization of St. Thomas Aquinas, perhaps the greatest Christian scholar of the High Middle Ages, this bright and lustrous medal features highly mirror-like fields with only scattered contact marks preventing a higher grade. The stunning reverse design depicts Pope John XXII (who canonized Thomas Aquinas on 18 July 1323) kneeling before St. Pius V, with Dante and St. Beatrice to his left, and St. Thomas Aquinas seated in a mandorla with an open book (like his Summa Theologica) above.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 5000-7000 USD