Saint Ignace de Loyola - Médaille de L. Penin à Lyon ND front Saint Ignace de Loyola - Médaille de L. Penin à Lyon ND back
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Saint Ignace de Loyola - Médaille de L. Penin à Lyon ND

 
Silver 12.8 g 31 mm
Description
Location
France
Type
Medals › Religious medals
Composition
Silver
Weight
12.8 g
Diameter
31 mm
Thickness
1.9 mm
Shape
Round with a loop
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#344907
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Virgin and Child in a floral frame, Latin legend on each side and in the exergue. Engraver's name at bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
MATER TER / ADMIRABILIS
ORA P• N• (Ora pro nobis)
PENIN LYON

Unabridged legend:
MATER TER ADMIRABILIS
ORA PRO NOBIS

Engraver: Ludovic Penin

Edge

Plain

Comment

Medal of Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), one of the founders and first Superior General of the Society of Jesus (1540), canonized in 1622.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignace_de_Loyola
Engraver: Ludovic Penin (1830-1868)
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovic_Penin