bfe_272953 - COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - PIUS IV (Giovannangelo de Medici) Carlin
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Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 35.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 35.00 €
Type : Carlin
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Avignon
Metal : billon
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,05 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce carlin est frappé sur un flan irrégulier. Usure de circulation
Obverse
Obverse legend : [PIVS] - PP QV[AR]TVS:.
Obverse description : Pie IV trônant de face, bénissant de la main droite et tenant une croix patriarcale de la gauche.
Obverse translation : (Pie IV, grand pontife).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [CA]RO - .[C. DE. B-ORBO-N L. A].
Reverse description : Croix coupant la légende, cantonnée de quatre paires de clefs posées en sautoir.
Reverse translation : (Charles, cardinal de Bourbon, légat d’Avignon).
Historical background
COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - PIUS IV (Giovannangelo de Medici)
(1559-1565)
Pius IV inaugurates his reign with the trial of his predecessor Paul IV for outrageous nepotism. He founded the central archives of the Vatican and had fortifications added to Castel Sant'Angelo. He died on December 9, 1565 of a bad fever..
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