Object Description
43 GREGORY XIII Buoncompagni 1583
Obv. Bust to left, wearing cope. Around, GREGORIVS . XIII . PONTIFEX . MAX . A . 1583; below truncation, . LAV . P .
Rev. Roma, seated on a shield, holds a dragon in her right hand. Around, TVTVM . REGIMEN . ; in exergue, . ROMA .
Bronze, 33 mm.
For precautions against pirates and restoration of the fortifications at Ancona. This medal exists with several dates. The dragon is the device of the Buoncompagni family.
Bibl.: Arm, i, p. 280,11; Forrer 2, p. 134; Supino, nos. 485, 486 (dated 1577, 1578); Rosati, no. 146 (dated 1577, variant signature); Tresor Papes, pl. 17, 6; Brescia 2, p. II, no. 143; Naples, p. 114, 10; Mazio, no. 24; Bonnani, p. 329, no. 15; Martinori, fasc. xi, p. 79.