Medal struck to commemorate the election of Clement XI in 1700. Born Giovanni Francesco Albani, he was hesitant upon his election, feeling that the papal tiara would be like a crown of thorns, and did not accept until after three days of contemplation. This view of the weight of papal responsibility is illustrated in the reverse design, with Christ falling beneath the weight of the cross on the way to the crucifixion. The reverse incscription is taken from Isaiah 9:6; Parvulus enim natus est nobis, et filius datus est nobis, et factus est principatus super humerum ejus: et vocabitur nomen ejus, Admirabilis, Consiliarius, Deus, Fortis, Pater futuri saeculi, Princeps pacis (For a child is born to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace).