Pius XII (1939-58) Anno II Silver Medal

Official Vatican silver Annual Medal of Pope Pius XII, year II (1940), in memory of the exhortation for peace in the world. Obverse: bust right; Reverse: Representation of Peace, holding a scale and a cross, seated on throne as she crushes a Medusa, the symbol of evil, with her feet. Mintage of only 2,300 on the issue date, June 29, 1940, the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul.