Completely out of scope yet lovely. I recently came back from vacation in Tuscany. Passed through Florence and met up with a friendly dealer visiting his shop. Nothing for my core theme, yet this medal stood out in its engraving. I will likely sell it but thought it would be nice to share while its here. I can see why folks collect these. My iphone imaging doesn't do justice to the medal but this is the best I can do for now. Our friendly expert forum member Iosephus was very kind in researching it for me and came up with the following: "Turns out to be a bit of in interesting piece commemorating the Holy Year of 1750. In Franco Bartolotti's 1967 catalog of annual medals, he listed a different reverse design for 1750 while admitting that the documents known to him did not specify the reverse design for that year's annual medal. Adolfo Modesti's 2007 catalog of annual medals lists this design as the 1750 annual medal and notes that a document he found indicates that this is indeed the correct design for that year's emission. He indicates a diameter of 36.5mm. The medal is by Ottone Hamerani, and the obverse features reference to the Jubilee Year (A. IVB.) instead of the typical regnal year. On the reverse, a long procession is seen entering through the Holy Door in St. Peter's Basilica, and the reverse inscription "Enter Into His Gates" comes from Psalm 99:4 (Vulgate). The reverse die is actually reused from the annual medal of 1700, issued by Innocent XII, which was engraved by Ottone's father Giovanni Hamerani and commemorated the Holy Year of 1700. "
Incredibly beautiful medal, Zohar! That level of detailed engraving is stunning to say the absolute least.
