fwo_812115 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES – CLEMENT VII (Giulio de Medicis) Giulio n.d. Rome

ITALY - PAPAL STATES – CLEMENT VII (Giulio de Medicis) Giulio n.d. Rome AU

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Type : Giulio

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Roma

Quantity minted : -

Metal : silver

Diameter : 28,5 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 3,76 g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Très bel exemplaire pour ce type rarissime! Flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Petite perforation au niveau du cou du pape. Les II du VII ont été marqués à l’encre. Belle patine grise de collection

Catalogue references :

MIR.11.806 - CNI/XV.20 - Munt.45-50

Obverse

Obverse legend : CLEMENS VII PONT. MAX..

Obverse description : Buste à gauche de Clément VII.

Reverse

Reverse legend : MISIT DOMIN ANG SVV.

Reverse description : Ange à droite et Saint Pierre tenant les clefs à gauche.

Historical background

ITALY - PAPAL STATES – CLEMENT VII (Giulio de Medicis)

(19/11/1523- 25/09/1534)

Posthumous and illegitimate son of Giuliano de Medici and his last mistress, Fioretta Gorini, Julius de Medici (1478-1534) is the nephew of Lorenzo the Magnificent, and therefore the cousin of Pope Leo X. He tries to counter the influence of Charles Quint. In 1527, Rome was sacked. He did nothing to counter ITALY - STATES OF THE CHURCH - CLEMENT VII (Julius de Medici)e protestaITALY - STATES OF THE CHURCH - CLEMENT VII (Julius de Medici) nascentism and failed to reconcile with Henry VIII of England breaking with Catholicism. However, he turns out to be a great patron like his uncle Leo X.

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