E-auction 17-4555 - bfe_259941 - COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - PAUL IV Guilio

COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - PAUL IV Guilio VF

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Estimate :	90 €
Price :	36 €
Maximum bid :	37 €
End of the sale :	12 August 2013 15:49:30
bidders :	6 bidders

Type : Guilio

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Avignon

Metal : billon

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,14 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Ce guilio est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et échancré. Cet exemplaire est recouvert d’une légère patine grise et est taché

Catalogue references :

Bd.940 (6 f.) - PA.4288 - PC.1056

Obverse

Obverse legend : [PAVLVS] - PP (MOUCHETURE D’HERMINE) QVARTVS.

Obverse description : Paul III trônant de face, bénissant de la main droite et tenant une croix patriarcale de la gauche.

Obverse translation : (Paul IV, grand pontife).

Reverse

Reverse legend : [ALEX. - F]AE. C - LEG[A] - AVE.

Reverse description : Croix coupant la légende, cantonnée de quatre paires de clefs posées en sautoir.

Reverse translation : ([Au nom d’] Alexandre Farnèse, cardinal légat [pour le comté] d’Avignon).

Historical background

COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - PAUL IV

(1555-1559)

On May 23, 1555, then seventy-nine years old, Paul IV was elected pope and was consecrated on the following May 26. He deals with the reform of the Church and the Curia by partially eliminating nepotism and reducing expenses. In 1555, he condemned the doctrines of Faust and Lélie Sozzini, who denied the Trinity and the divinity of Jesus Christ. He died on August 18, 1559.