v08_1474 - COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - PAUL V (CAMILLO-BORGHESE) Demi-franc
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 335.39 €
Realised price : 225.62 €
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 335.39 €
Realised price : 225.62 €
Type : Demi-franc
Date: 1618
Mint name / Town : Avignon
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 6,44 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan assez large. Léger décentrage au droit et au revers. Rayures sur le visage du pape et sur la croix du revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : PAVLVS. V. PONT. MAX. A. XIII.
Obverse description : Buste vêtu de Paul V ; au-dessous 1618.
Obverse translation : (Paul V, grand pontife,13e [année]).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .CARD. LEG. AVEN. SCIP. BVRGHESIVS.
Reverse description : Croix fleuronnée.
Reverse translation : (Cardinal légat d'Avignon, Scipion Borghèse).
Historical background
COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - PAUL V (CAMILLO-BORGHESE)
(16/03/1605-28/01/1621)
Camille Borghese was born in Rome in 1552. In 1595 he was Pope Clement VIII's legate in Spain. After the death of this pope on March 3, 1605, Leo XI was elected pope on the following April 1; his pontificate lasted only twenty-six days due to his premature death. On March 16, 1605, after a short period of vacancy, Camille Borghese was elected pope under the name of Paul V. In 1616 he condemned Galileo for having taught the theories of Copernicus; Bernini completed the construction of Saint Peter's in Rome under his pontificate. He died on January 28, 1621.
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