103623 | ITALY. Vatican City. Pope Saint Ioannes XXIII silver Medal.

103623  |  ITALY. Vatican City. Pope Saint Ioannes XXIII silver Medal. Issued 1960/Year II. On the consecration of new missionary bishops (44mm, 39.47 g, 12h). By Aurelio Mistruzzi at the Rome mint.

 

IOANNES • XXIII • PONTIFEX • MAXIMVS • ANNO • II, bust right, wearing zucchetto, mantum, and pallium // MISSIONALIS • ORBIS • EPISCOPOS, the pope seated left on throne, surrounded by attendants and the newly created bishops; in two lines in exergue, POSTRID • NON • MAI • MCMLX / CONSECRAVIT. Edge: 986 «Z».

 

Modesti 95; Rinaldi 154. Choice Gem Mint State. Extremely vibrant and mirrored, with tremendous iridescence. Includes original box of issue.

 

A powerful and exceptionally attractive specimen, this stands as one of the final medallic outputs of the great sculptor-engraver, Aurelio Mistruzzi.

 

Upload: 20 July 2026.