Commemorative Coin 1871 Earthquake? Naples?

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TMFM New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/29/2008 3:24 pm I am trying to find infomation on this commemorative coin. One side has the numbers/date? 1838 and these words around the edge: Novo Civitatis Neapolis Patrono Divo vincento Ferrerio which losely is something like "new town of Naples, Blessed Patron Vincent Ferrerio" The other side has this text: A. DIV. DELLA CONGREGA DELLSS ROSARIO IN OCASSIONE DEL TERREMOTO DEL 1870 which losely says something about a congregation and a rosary in occasion of the earthquake of 1870 If anyone can translate or give me more info about the coin I would appreciate it. lisa Image: naples.jpg 9.63 KB Image: naplesb.jpg 10.62 KB Report this Post to the Staff

gawd0wns Valued Member Canada 464 Posts	Posted 09/29/2008 5:06 pm I don't know what A. DIV. stands for. I suspect "Congrega" stands for "Congregazione" (congregation). Dellss isn't a word in Italian. I think it reads as "Dell SS Rosario". (Initials, and the last name: of SS Rosario). So we have "A DIV of the congregation of SS Rosario on the occassion of the earthquake of 1870." I will try and find some info. Now that I think of it, SS probably stands for a Saint, since each town has their own patron saint. (I.E. Santo Stefano) Edited by gawd0wns 09/29/2008 5:13 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 09/30/2008 06:57 am Just to clarify, technically this is a commemorative medal of some kind, and not a "coin". As such, it won't be listed in a coin catalogue. Not sure what the earthquake of 1870 is being referred to; there was a 6.9 magnitude quake that struck that city in 1857; maybe it commemorates the re-opening of a church after being closed for repairs since the earthquake. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 09/30/2008 07:32 am This CONGREGA DEL SS ROSARIO probably means "Congregazione del Santissimo Rosario" (Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary). In 1870 there was an earthquake in the province of Cosenza (4 October); you can look them up here http://storing.ingv.it/cfti4med/ But I don't quite see the connection to Naples yet. Hmm. Christian Report this Post to the Staff
TMFM New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/30/2008 08:37 am Thank you all for your help, and for giving me the correct terminology for the medal. The DELLSS is followed by a superscipt o followed by a dot. The A and DIV are also followed by dots so possibly an abbreviation? The medal was brought back by a member of the 36th Div. in WWII and donated to our museum. They served in Italy in 1943 to 1944. Edited by TMFM 09/30/2008 08:43 am Report this Post to the Staff
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