Papal Medal? But What Is The Reverse

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laverdajohn Valued Member United Kingdom 175 Posts	Posted 03/19/2014 2:12 pm I'm pretty sure this is a medal of Julius II as a Cardinal but the reverse intrigues me, cant seem to translate it - looks like (if I was playing "catch phrase") maybe a man scattering his seed on a woman, any thoughts? Report this Post to the Staff

awallin01 Valued Member United Kingdom 477 Posts	Posted 03/19/2014 4:03 pm There is a medal with that obverse on the British Museum(don't know which one?) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4256...h.htm#JULIUS This is the first link to finding what the reverse depicts. P.s. I found the catchphrase thing funny ''say what you see''. Edited by awallin01 03/19/2014 4:06 pm Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 03/19/2014 4:31 pm Here you go. Slightly later than Pope Julius, but not much. http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/vpc/VPC_se...record=26794 Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 03/19/2014 4:57 pm From "The Burlington Magazine for Connoiseurs," 1915: Quote: On the left, a female figure in a long tunic reclining; beside her, a griffon, with reverted head; from the right approaches a young man wearing a short tunic and mantle, and apparently scattering seed into her right hand. I can make no guess at the artist, nor interpret the part played by the griffon in the allegory of " perennial spring " on the reverse. And did anybody else love Colm Feore's performance as Cardinal della Rovere on Showtime's all-too-short-lived series, The Borgias? Edited by philadelphian 03/19/2014 5:09 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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