VATICAN 1450 (struck ca. 1664) Opening & Closing of the Holy Door / Restitution Medal by Girolamo Paladino. NGC AU 58

开个价

Certification details

Certification number: 8584139-010

Grade: AU 58

Nominal value: SILVER

Mint Mark: VATICAN

Variety: NICHOLAS V & HOLY DOOR ; PARENTUCELLI - (44mm)

Year: (UNDATED)

1450, Vatican, Pope Nicholas V. Opening & Closing of the Holy Door / Restitution Medal. Silver Medal. NGC AU-58!

Mint Place: Rome
Reference: CNORP I, 37. var.
Condition: Certified and graded by NGC as AU-58!
Medallist: Girolamo Paladino (active ca. 1647–1692)
Mint Year: dated 1450, (struck during or after 1664, the year in which Cardinal Francesco Barberini comissioned the series).
Denomination: Medal - Opening & Closing of the Holy Door during the Holy Year (the first such ceremony took place during 1500).
Material: Silver
Weight: 40.14gm 
Diameter: 44mm


Obverse: Bust of Pope NIcholas V Bust left, wearing mantum and Papal tiara.
Legend: . NICOLAVS . V . - . PONT . MAX

Reverse: Pope kneeling left closing Porta Santa (Holy Door), surrounded by attendants.
Legend: . RESERAVIT . ET . CLAVSIT . ANN . IVB .
Exergue: . M . D .



Girolamo Paladino (active ca. 1647–1692) was a 17th-century Italian medalist and stampcutter based in Rome. He is primarily known for producing medals for the Papal States.


Papal medals have their origins in the production begun in the 15th century by Paul II. At the end of the 16th century medals called “restitution” began to be struck. They are pieces that are intended to depict “in metal” those papacies that did not strike medals at the time, as it was an art form then still quite unknown. The artists who made these medals took as models the portraits of the popes that they could see in the basilicas of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, trying to give the image enough charisma to promote devotion and popular worship. In this way, the restitution medals became an instrument of publicity for the Church.





Pope Nicholas V (Latin: Nicolaus V; Italian: Niccolò V; 15 November 1397 – 24 March 1455),born Tommaso Parentucelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 March 1447 until his death in March 1455. Pope Eugene IV made him a cardinal in 1446 after successful trips to Italy and Germany, and when Eugene died the next year, Parentucelli was elected in his place. He took his name Nicholas in memory of his obligations to Niccolò Albergati. He remains the most recent pope to take the pontifical name "Nicholas".

The pontificate of Nicholas saw the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks and the end of the Hundred Years' War. He responded by calling a crusade against the Ottomans, which never materialized. By the Concordat of Vienna he secured the recognition of papal rights over bishoprics and benefices. He also brought about the submission of the last of the antipopes, Felix V, and the dissolution of the Synod of Basel. A key figure in the Roman Renaissance, Nicholas sought to make Rome the home of literature and art. He strengthened fortifications, restored aqueducts, and rebuilt many churches. He ordered design plans for what would eventually be the Basilica of St. Peter.

寄运