Live auction - bfe_1018058 - COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - CLEMENT VI (Pierre Roger de Beaufort) Demi-gros
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| Estimate : | 1 000 € |
| Price : | 650 € |
| Maximum bid : | 700 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 June 2025 16:52:12 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Demi-gros
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Avignon
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,59 g.
Coments on the condition:
Cette pièce est frappée sur un flan irrégulier et voilé présentant des manques de métal. Monnaie recouverte d’une patine grise de médaillier
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CLEMENS - *PP* SEXTS*, (PONCTUATION PAR ROSE ÉVIDÉE).
Obverse description : Le pape bénissant de sa main droite, assis sur une chaise curule ou un trône orné de deux lions, coiffé d’une tiare coupant la légende en haut, tenant de sa main gauche un sceptre terminé par une croix.
Obverse translation : (Clément VI, grand pontife).
Reverse
Reverse legend : +. SA-NTS - PET-RVS.
Reverse description : Croix coupant la légende cantonnée de quatre groupes composés de deux clefs croisées.
Reverse translation : (Saint Pierre).
Historical background
COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - CLEMENT VI (Pierre Roger de Beaufort)
(07/05/1342-06/12/1352)
A French Benedictine from Limousin, he was elected pope on May 7, 1342 and consecrated on May 19. In 1348, he bought Avignon and the Comtat. He had the palace of Benedict XII decorated and was the protector of artists and writers such as Petrarch. He died on December 6, 1352 and was buried in La Chaise-Dieu.
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