Help IDing recent find

[JeffInMass]

Hi All,

Haven't had too much time to hunt lately, although I did manage a few recent hunts and popped out a few Mercs and this silver medal. I can't seem to find any info on it- can anyone help me ID it??

Thanks and HH.

Jeff in Mass

 

[Mark(PGHPA)]

The only thing I can figure is the ANNO is Latin for "before" and the date on the back side is "1924"
Mark.

 

[Buddysox]

The buildings represented certainly look like the Vatican in Rome. maybe a religious commemerative coin?

 

[TokenDigger]

Neat find JeffInMass. The side with the buildings probably translates to Year of Jubilee in Rome 1975. Jubilee years are celebrated in Christian and Jewish traditions as a time of joy and universal pardon and are celebrated approximately every 25 or 50 years. The last one in the Roman Catholic church was 2000 (1975 was also a jubilee year). The side with the three figures is actually UT UNUM SINT (the Vs are actually Us - artists do this every once in awhile) which translates to "May They Be One". This term was used most recently by Pope John Paul II in the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council in 1995. to express unity between the Roman Catholic church and the Orthodox church and other Christian churches. I'm not sure what meaning it is expressing for a jubilee year. My guess is that this medal is from 1975 but it could be as late as 1995. Nice piece of religious history. Happy hunting.

 

[Mark(PGHPA)]

I think with TokenDigger's translation that we may be a little closer. I did the convert on the date again MCMIXXV and came up with 1924. 1924 was a significant year for Italy, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes with the "Treaty of Rome". Maybe it is a commemorative for the treaty.