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Medal
Italian (Rome)
1856
Object Place: Rome, Italy
Medium/Technique
Metal
Credit Line
Bequest of Helen O. Bigelow
Accession NumberRES.23.143
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal.
Obverse: Saint Sebastian standing at proper right, bound to a tree and Saint Roch with his dog and staff at proper left and a shield separating the two; inscribed at edge "SEBASTIANO ET ROCHO" and in exergue "PATRONIS COELESTIBVS/S.P.Q.T.".
Reverse: Inscribed "*/IN·MEMORIAM/D·XIV·K·IVL·A·C·MDCLVI/QVO·COELESTES·PATRONI/SESE·TVSCVLANIS·COLENDOS/DEDERE/PESTILITATEMQVE/AB·IPSIS·DEPVLERE/AN·CHR·MDCCCLVI/FESTVM·SAECVL·/-·-".
Obverse: Saint Sebastian standing at proper right, bound to a tree and Saint Roch with his dog and staff at proper left and a shield separating the two; inscribed at edge "SEBASTIANO ET ROCHO" and in exergue "PATRONIS COELESTIBVS/S.P.Q.T.".
Reverse: Inscribed "*/IN·MEMORIAM/D·XIV·K·IVL·A·C·MDCLVI/QVO·COELESTES·PATRONI/SESE·TVSCVLANIS·COLENDOS/DEDERE/PESTILITATEMQVE/AB·IPSIS·DEPVLERE/AN·CHR·MDCCCLVI/FESTVM·SAECVL·/-·-".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "SEBASTIANO ET ROCHO" and in exergue "PATRONIS COELESTIBVS/S.P.Q.T.".
Reverse: Inscribed "*/IN·MEMORIAM/D·XIV·K·IVL·A·C·MDCLVI/QVO·COELESTES·PATRONI/SESE·TVSCVLANIS·COLENDOS/DEDERE/PESTILITATEMQVE/AB·IPSIS·DEPVLERE/AN·CHR·MDCCCLVI/FESTVM·SAECVL·/-·-".
Reverse: Inscribed "*/IN·MEMORIAM/D·XIV·K·IVL·A·C·MDCLVI/QVO·COELESTES·PATRONI/SESE·TVSCVLANIS·COLENDOS/DEDERE/PESTILITATEMQVE/AB·IPSIS·DEPVLERE/AN·CHR·MDCCCLVI/FESTVM·SAECVL·/-·-".
Provenance1923, Helen O. Bigelow; 1923, bequest of Helen O. Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 3, 1923)