Object Description
41 PIUS V Ghisheri 1571
Obv. Bust to left, wearing mozzetta and cap. Around, PIVS . V . PONT . OPT . MAX . ANNO . VI . ; below, F . P .
Rev. Naval battle. God hurls lightning above; on one of the boats, an angel holding cross and chalice. Around, DEXTERA . TVA . DOM . PERCVSSIT . INIMICVM . 1571
Gilt copper (original fire gilding), 37 mm.
The reverse inscription is from Exodus 15:6. Commemorates the Battle of Lepanto.
Bibl.: Arm. i, p. 226, 33; Houston, no. 239; Rosati, no. 126; Salton, no. 48; Kress, no. 373; Naples, p. 78; Supino, no. 375; Brescia 2, p. 8, nos. 109-11; Mazio, no. 96; Venuti, p. 125, no. 7; Bonnani, p. 297, no. 11; Tresor Papes, pl. 15,4; Martinori, fasc. xi, p. 23.