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Patricius Sporer

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Wurtzburg, Germany, c. 1650. Gilt bronze. Diameter 61.7mm, 32.0 grams. Obverse: S. PATRICIUS C.R. PATRONUS SCHOLARUM (St. Patricius (Sporer), Christus Rex, Patron of the Students), around a half-length bust of St. Patricius facing three-quarters left, holding a cross over his left shoulder. Reverse: DUMUS B. M. VIRGINIS (Thorns of the Blessed Virgin Mary), below a blazing heart with "T" or perhaps a cross, pierced by two arrows, surrounded by laurel branches. Edge inscribed STUDY VITUTIS AC MOREM TESSERA APUD C: REGV: S.P. AUGUSTINI IN OPPIDO WERTENSI (Award for the Study of Virtue and Morals at the Augustinian Seminary in Wurtzburg).

Provenance:

Coin Galleries Mail Bid Sale; April 16, 2002, lot 1430

This is the earliest school medal that I’m aware of that was meant to hang on a ribbon or cord, much the way modern Olympic medals are awarded and worn

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