ITALY, Papal (Papal State). Blessed Pius V. 1566-1572. Æ Medal (41mm, 34.49 g, 12h). By Girolamo Paladino. Undated, but struck 1672. B · PIVS · V · GHISLERIVS · BOSCHEN · PONT · M ·, bust left, wearing tiara and mantum, raising hand in benediction / MILITANS DE INFERNO TRIUMPHAT ECCLESIA, Pius enthroned right, accompanied by two prelates, exorcizing the Church, standing left in doorway, of demons which fly forth from her mouth; PONTIFICIÆ · POTEST/ATIS · IMPERIVM in two lines in exergue. CONORP III 635. Brown surfaces, slight die rust, edge marks. EF.
From the Peter Napoli Collection.