ITALY. Papal Coinage. Paul VI, 1963-1978. Set of 3 Medals 1965 (Gold, Silver and Bronze, 44 mm, 12 h), on the cancellation of the 1054 mutual excommunication bulla by Paul VI and the patriarch Athenagoras of Constantinople. Dies by E. Manfrini. AMBULATЄ IN DILЄCTIONЄ / A.D.MXMLXV. Paul VI and Athenagoras greeting each other. Rev. Ὁ Θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστιν / αϡοε (sic!) St. Peter and St. Paul seated together. De Luca 464. AV 55.90 g (750 fine), AG 39.13 g, AE 30.19 g. In original presentation case. Proof.


This series of medals commemorates the cancellation of the more than 900-year-old mutual excommunication of the eastern and western church leaders. In a rather amusing error, the artist, E. Manfrini, misspelled the Greek date as 1975 instead of 1965.