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E-auction 232-156119 - bfe_454561 - COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - SIXTUS V (Felice Peretti di Grottammare) Double sol parisis ou six blancs

COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - SIXTUS V (Felice Peretti di Grottammare) Double sol parisis ou six blancs F/VF
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Estimate : 120 €
Price : 72 €
Maximum bid : 80 €
End of the sale : 25 September 2017 14:59:30
bidders : 11 bidders
Type : Double sol parisis ou six blancs
Date: 1587
Mint name / Town : Avignon
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 319 ‰
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 3,52 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce double sol parisis est frappé sur un flan irrégulier. Faiblesse de frappe au droit
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : °SIX[TVS. V. PO]NTIF° MA[X].
Obverse description : S sous la tiare pontificale coupant la légende en haut ; au-dessous 1587.
Obverse translation : (Sixte V, grand pontife).

Reverse


Reverse legend : + KA DE BOVRBON. CARD. LEGA. AVEN.
Reverse description : Croix cléchée fleurdelisée.
Reverse translation : (Charles de Bourbon, cardinal légat d’Avignon).

Commentary


Poids très léger.

Historical background


COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - SIXTUS V (Felice Peretti di Grottammare)

(01/05/1585-27/08/1590)

Sixtus V was born into a poor family and was brought up by the Franciscans. On April 24, 1585, he was elected pope at the age of sixty-four and consecrated the following May 1. He published in 1587 the revised edition of the Septuagint Bible as well as the revised edition of the Vulgate. In 1589, he excommunicated Henry III for the assassination of the Duke of Guise. He died in Rome on August 27, 1590.

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