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bfe_302009 - COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - CLEMENT VI (Pierre Roger de Beaufort) Denier

COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - CLEMENT VI (Pierre Roger de Beaufort) Denier F
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 240.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Avignon ou Pont-de-Sorgues
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,02 g.
Coments on the condition:
Cette pièce est frappée sur un flan irrégulier. La croix du revers apparaît en négatif au droit. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de MONNAIES XXII, n° 375

Obverse


Obverse legend : + CLEM[S.] PP. SEXTVS.
Obverse description : Buste de face du pape coiffé d’une tiare.
Obverse translation : (Clément VI, grand pontife).

Reverse


Reverse legend : + COMES. VENESINI.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée au 2 de deux clefs posés en sautoir et au 3 d’une rose.
Reverse translation : (Comte du Venaissin).

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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