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Papal reward medal commemorating Pope Innocent XI
Papal reward medal commemorating Pope Innocent XI. The medal has been inserted into a gilt mount with suspension ring. Obverse: Bust of Pope Innocent XI in mitre and pontifical robe (right). Legend: (on medal) 'INNOC . XI PONT . M . AN . X .'; (on mount) 'INNOCENT XI RAIS'D TO THE POPEDOM 1676 . DIED IN 1689.' Reverse: A mother with infant on her knee, embracing a child. Legend: 'NON . QVAERIT . QVAE . SVA . SVNT.' On a gilt plaque this medal is described as having been presented to Captain William Allen for convoying in HMS 'Bonadventure' a fleet laden with wheat for His Holiness's subjects.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1122 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Hameranus |
| Vessels: | Bonaventure (1650) |
| Date made: | 1685 |
| People: | Innocent XI, 1611-89; Hameranus |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 36 mm |
| Parts: | Papal reward medal commemorating Pope Innocent XI |
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