Monogrammist H B (Ercole Bassiano?), bronze medal of Pope Paul V (1605-21) dated 1605, PAVLVS V BVRGHESIVS ROMANVS PONT MAX AS DCV PONT I, bearded bust right, wearing cope, rev. BEATISS MARIAE SEMP VIRGINI SACELLVM AFVNDAMENTIS EREXIT, elevation of the Pauline Chapel, S Maria Maggiore, Rome, 56mm. (Bonanni II,505,14; Lincoln 882; Martinori fasc.XIII,114; Variano p.57, no.38; Venuti III; Weber, Bauten Roms 334), pierced, brown patina, collector's number 322OR in white paint on obverse, very fine

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Monogrammist H B (Ercole Bassiano?), bronze medal of Pope Paul V (1605-21) dated 1605, PAVLVS V BVRGHESIVS ROMANVS PONT MAX AS DCV PONT I, bearded bust right, wearing cope, rev. BEATISS MARIAE SEMP VIRGINI SACELLVM AFVNDAMENTIS EREXIT, elevation of the Pauline Chapel, S Maria Maggiore, Rome, 56mm. (Bonanni II,505,14; Lincoln 882; Martinori fasc.XIII,114; Variano p.57, no.38; Venuti III; Weber, Bauten Roms 334), pierced, brown patina, collector's number 322OR in white paint on obverse, very fine

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The Pauline Chapel on the north side of S Maria Maggiore was designed by Flaminio Ponzio as the Pope's own mortuary chapel and to house a relic of the Holy Crib.