bfe_325144 - COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - CLEMENT VI (Pierre Roger de Beaufort) Gros
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 980.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 980.00 €
Type : Gros
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Avignon
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 2,11 g.
Coments on the condition:
Cette pièce est frappée sur un flan irrégulier et voilé. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise de médaillier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CLEMENS - :PP: SEXTVS, (PONCTUATION PAR DOUBLE ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).
Obverse description : Le Pape de face assis.
Obverse translation : (Clément VI, grand pontife).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + (CLEFS): SANTVS::: PETRVS:::, (PONCTUATION PAR DOUBLE ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).
Reverse description : Clefs de Saint Pierre posées en sautoir.
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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