fwo_536620 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - PIUS IV (Giovanni Angelo Medici) Teston N.D. Ancône
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Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Teston
Date: N.D.
Mint name / Town : Ancône
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30,25 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 9,23 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
frappe sur un flan irrégulier, coup à l’avers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire de la collection Alfredo Meneghin
Obverse
Obverse legend : ·PIVS·IIII· PONT MAX·.
Obverse description : écu surmonté des clefs de Saint-Pierre et de la tiare pontificale.
Reverse
Reverse legend : S·PETRVS (MM) - APOSTOLVS· // ·ANCO·.
Reverse description : Saint-Pierre assis sur le trône tenant à la main gauche clef et bénissant de la main droite.
Commentary
La marque de maître représentant trois masses est celle de Mazzeo Mazzei.
Historical background
ITALY - PAPAL STATES - PIUS IV (Giovanni Angelo Medici)
(26/12/1559-/09/12/1565)
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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