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Description Bronze medal (31mm) commemorating the slaughter of 3,000 Hugenots in Paris on St. Bartholomew's Day (August 23-24) in 1572. Obv: GREGORIUS XIII PONT. MAX. AN. I (="Gregory XIII. Pontifex Maximus year 1"), Rev: VGONOTTORVM STRAGES 1572 (="Massacre of Huguenots, 1572")
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Author ordered by pope Gregory XIII
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