ITALY/VATICAN Medal 1644 Pope Urban VIII. War against Parma & Conquest of Castro. NGC MS 62 BN

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Certification details

Certification number: 8587881-013

Grade: MS 62 BN

NGC collectible ID: 244428

Nominal value: BRONZE

Mint Mark: ITALY

Variety: MODESTI-114 PAPAL STATES ; URBAN VIII - CASTRO

Year: 1644-DATED

1644, Vatican, Pope Urban VIII. War against Parma & Conquest of Castro. Bronze Medal. NGC MS-62!

Mint Year: 1644.
Mint Place: Rome
Reference: Modesti 114, Miselli 356.
Medallist: Gaspare Molo (ca. 1580-1640).
Condition: Certified and graded by NGC as MS-62!
Denomination: Medal - Commemorating the war against the Duke of Parma for the conquest of Castro.
Material: Bronze
Weight: ca. 38gm
Diameter: 43mm


Obverse: Bust of Pope Urban VIII right, wearing camauro. Medallist´s signature (GM.) below arm truncation. All within wreath-border.
Legend: VRBANVS . VII . PONT . MAX . AN . XXI

Reverse: Three female allegorical figures of Fortitude (standing holding mirror), Peace (seated on pedestral, holding palm-branch), and Prudence (helmeted, holding sword and shield). Date (1644) as a roman numeral in exeruge.
Legend: FORTITER . EGIT . PRVDENTER . PATITVR .
Translated: "Fortitude, Peace, Prudence"
Exergue: . MDCXLIV .




The Wars of Castro were a series of conflicts during the mid-17th century revolving around the ancient city of Castro (located in present-day Lazio, Italy), which eventually resulted in the city's destruction on 2 September 1649. The conflict was a result of a power struggle between the papacy – represented by members of two deeply entrenched Roman families and their popes, the Barberini and Pope Urban VIII and the Pamphili and Pope Innocent X – and the Farnese dukes of Parma, who controlled Castro and its surrounding territories as the Duchy of Castro.







Pope Urban VIII (baptised 5 April 1568 - 29 July 1644), born Maffeo Barberini, was pope from 1623 to 1644. He was the last pope to expand the papal territory by force of arms, and was a prominent patron of the arts and reformer of Church missions. However, the massive debts incurred during his papacy greatly weakened his successors, who were unable to maintain the papacy's longstanding political and military influence in Europe. He was also involved in a controversy with Galileo and his theory on heliocentrism during his reign.

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