IT'S  MOSES !

                         

                        IT'S OMEGA MAN !

                                                      NO, IT'S 'TAYLOR' THE ASTRONAUT FROM PLANET OF THE APES!

AND NOW HE'S POPE CHARLETON HESTON !

WE WERE NOT AWARE THAT CHARLTON HESTON WAS A POPE DURING HIS STORIED CAREER!

YES WHEN WE FIRST SPOTTED THIS VERY COOL PIECE WE IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT:

                                                'CHARLTON HESTON'

MAYBE IT'S HESTON'S GREAT GRANDPA, WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE, AND LET THE DNA FALL WHERE IT MAY.....

BEHOLD!

A VERY BOLD & GORGEOUS CAMEO-LIKE 1884 LEO XIII VATICAN BASILICA LATERNAN MEDAL !

POPE LEO XIII & THE BEAUTIFUL BASILICA LATERANA!

A FABULOUS BOLD STRIKE, WITH LOVELY MIRRORS AND SEMI-FROSTED DEVICES !

CATALOG: RINALDI-78 LEO XIII

SUPERB HEAVENLY TONING OF SKY BLUES, GOLDEN RUSSETS, SPARKLING SEA GREENS & ANTIQUE COIN SILVER GRAYS!

THE DIE MASTER: F. BIANCHI  (SIGNED BY SAME ON OBVERSE)

THE DIE DETAIL OF THIS PIECE IS AWESOME TO BEHOLD! 

A CONSERVATIVELY GRADED PIECE HANDS DOWN- IT HAPPENS!

DIAMETER: LARGE 44 MM, THICK & HEAVY SILVER PROOF-LIKE PLANCHET 

HOUSED IN A PRISTINE DOUBLE THICK NGC HOLDER !

THE NICEST EXAMPLE WE HAVE EVER SEEN !

MANY MORE REALLY COOL & HISTORIC NUMISMATICS... See other items, THANK YOU.

MANY MORE REALLY COOL & HISTORIC NUMISMATICS... See other items, THANK YOU.