fwo_542901 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - SIXTUS V (Felice Peretti di Grottammare) Sisto (de 44 Quattrini) ou Giulio N.D. Bologne
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 60.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 60.00 €
Type : Sisto (de 44 Quattrini) ou Giulio
Date: N.D.
Mint name / Town : Bologne
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26,27 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 2,90 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
flan légèrement bombé, forte usure
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire de la Collection du Cardinal Dubois mise en vente en 1934 par Clément Platt sous le numéro 210, puis collection Alfredo Meneghin
Obverse
Obverse legend : SIXTVS V PONT MAX.
Obverse description : écu surmonté des clefs et de la tiare pontificale.
Obverse translation : (Sixte V grand pontife).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S PETRONIVS DE BONONIA.
Reverse description : Saint Pétrone de Bologne debout, en bas deux écus ovales, en bas à gauche celui du légat surmonté du galero et en bas à droite celui de la ville de Bologne.
Reverse translation : (Saint Pétrone de Bologne).
Commentary
La monnaie a été frappée sous la légation pontificale du cardinal Salviatti (1585-1586).
Historical background
ITALY - PAPAL STATES - SIXTUS V (Felice Peretti di Grottammare)
(01/05/1585-27/08/1590)
Sixtus V was born into a poor family and was brought up by the Franciscans. On April 24, 1585, he was elected pope at the age of sixty-four and consecrated the following May 1. He published in 1587 the revised edition of the Septuagint Bible as well as the revised edition of the Vulgate. In 1589, he excommunicated Henry III for the assassination of the Duke of Guise. He died in Rome on August 27, 1590.
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