MEDALS OF THE HOLY YEARS

(Catalogue of the travelling exhibition at Rome, Vicenza and Barcelona) Rome 2000.
In wide 8° (21 x 23 cm) - 80 pages - Print run of 1,000 copies - 80 medals reproduced in full colour.
Introduction by Giancarlo Alteri (Director of the Dept. of Numismatics, Vatican Apostolic Library) Prefaces by Mario Traina (President of the Academy of Numismatic Studies) and Ennio Bispuri (Director of the Italian Institute of Culture, Barcelona, Spain)

This is a catalogue of the travelling exhibition (Rome, Vicenza and Barcelona) organized in 2000 of medals of the Holy Years, with exemplars from two prestigious Roman collections: an exhibition that covered the history of the various Jubilees through 700 original medals, each one different from the others. The catalogue has full-colour photographs of 80 medals, chosen from the most interesting specimens.