Object Description
37 CLEMENT VII de' Medici, Pope 1523-34
Obv. Bust to right, wearing cope. Around, CLEMENS . VII . PONT . MAX . ; below, MDXXV . AN . II .
Rev. Medici coat of arms surmounted by papal tiara and keys. Around, GLORIA ET HONORE CORONASTI EVM; below, ROMA
Bronze, 41 mm.
Restitution. Clement is represented erroneously with a beard, which he did not have before the Sack of Rome in 1527. The reverse appears earlier on a medal of Leo X (Bonnani, p. 164, no. 2).
Bibl.: Arm. 3, p. 144P; Forrer 4, p. 367; Naples, p. 144; Supino, no. 561; Brescia 2, p. 5, no. 62; Mazio, no. 45; Venuti, p. 66, no. i; Tresor Papes, pl. 5,7; Martinori, fasc. viii, p. 177.
