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v22_0384 - COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - URBAN VIII (Maffeo Barberini) Quadruple écu d’or

COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - URBAN VIII (Maffeo Barberini) Quadruple écu d’or AU
AU
MONNAIES 22 (2005)
Starting price : 9 000.00 €
Estimate : 11 000.00 €
Realised price : 9 000.00 €
Type : Quadruple écu d’or
Date: 1643
Mint name / Town : Avignon
Metal : gold
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 13,09 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce quadruple écu d’or est frappé sur un flan légèrement irrégulier. Les reliefs sont nets et le portrait du pape est particulièrement bien venu. Infime tréflage à 6 heures au droit
Catalogue references :
Bd.963 var.  - PA.4404 var. (96/97var.) - NP.19/322  - PC.1787

Obverse

Obverse legend : VRBANVS. VIII. PONT. MAX. 1643.
Obverse description : Buste habillé du pape Urbain VIII à droite , l’écu du vice-légat Frédéric Sforza sur l’épaule ; au-dessous une abeille à droite.
Obverse translation : (Urbain VIII, grand pontife).

Reverse

Reverse legend : .ANTONIVS. CARD. BARBERINVS. LEGAT. AVE.
Reverse description : Écu de Barberini (trois abeilles posées 2 et 1 brochant sur une croix du Saint-Esprit, sous une croix de Saint-Maurice sommée d’un chapeau.
Reverse translation : (Cardinal Antoine Barberini, légat d’Avignon).

Commentary

Monnaie spectaculaire pour le monnayage du Comtat-Venaissin.

Historical background

COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - URBAN VIII (Maffeo Barberini)

(6/08/1623-29/07/1644)

Maffeo Barberini was born in Florence in 1568. Paul V raised him to the rank of cardinal. He was elected pope at the age of fifty-five on August 6, 1623 and was consecrated on September 29, 1623 as Urban VIII. In 1630, he gave the title of eminence to the cardinals and ecclesiastical electors of the Holy Empire. He opposed the policy of Louis XIII and Richelieu during the Thirty Years War. They had in fact sided with the King of Sweden, Gustave II Adolphe, who was one of the great defenders of the Reformation. In 1631, the Duchy of Urbino was united with the domains of the Church. He died in Rome on July 29, 1644.

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