v11_0908 - COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - PAUL V (CAMILLO-BORGHESE) Demi-franc

COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - PAUL V (CAMILLO-BORGHESE) Demi-franc VF

MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 335.39 €
Realised price : 182.94 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 182.94 €

Type : Demi-franc

Date: 1609

Mint name / Town : Avignon

Metal : silver

Diameter : 28 mm

Orientation dies : 11 h.

Weight : 7,34 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce demi-franc est frappé sur un flan irrégulier laissant une partie des légendes hors flan. Cet exemplaire est tréflé au revers et présente une faiblesse de frappe au centre de la croix. Une légère patine grise de collection le recouvre

Catalogue references :

PA.4381 var. - PC.1630

Obverse

Obverse legend : .PAVL[VS. V]. PONT. MAX. A. [...]. 1609.

Obverse description : Buste vêtu de Paul V à droite ; au-dessous un écu.

Obverse translation : (Paul V, grand pontife, [...] année).

Reverse

Reverse legend : .CARD. L[EG. 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.