Live auction - bfe_888076 - COMTAT-VENAISSIN - ALEXANDER VII (Fabio Chigi) Douzième d'écu ou luigino
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| Estimate : | 850 € |
| Price : | 300 € |
| Maximum bid : | 360 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 January 2024 18:14:19 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Douzième d'écu ou luigino
Date: 1662
Mint name / Town : Avignon
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,31 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce douzième d’écu est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Quelques faiblesses de frappe au revers. Patine grise. Le 2 du millésime peut être pris pour un 3
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : .(ROSE). FLAVIVS. CARD. GHISIVS. LEGA. AVE.
Obverse description : Buste drapé à droite du légat Flavio Chigi.
Obverse translation : (Flavio Chigi, cardinal et légat d’Avignon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : * EX (ROSE) MONTIBVS (ROSE) PAX (ROSE) ORIETVR (ROSE) 1662, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 9 HEURES).
Reverse description : Champ écartelé aux armes de Flavio Chigi, dans un polylobe anglé.
Historical background
COMTAT-VENAISSIN - ALEXANDER VII (Fabio Chigi)
(07/04/1655-22/05/1667)
Fabius Chigi was elected pope on April 7, 1655 and consecrated on April 18 as Alexander VII. Bernini's colonnade in St. Peter's Square in Rome was completed under the pontificate. He died on May 22, 1667.
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