Live auction - fwo_609800 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - URBAN VIII (Maffeo Barberini) Doppia ou 2 Scudi d’oro 1624 Rome

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XF/AU

Estimate :	8 000 €
Price :	4 600 €
Maximum bid :	4 600 €
End of the sale :	08 September 2020 18:53:52
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Doppia ou 2 Scudi d’oro

Date: 1624

Mint name / Town : Roma

Quantity minted : -

Metal : gold

Diameter : 24,5 mm

Orientation dies : 2 h.

Weight : 6,64 g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

La monnaie est frappé sur un flan légèrement irrégulier, bien centrée de part et d’autre. Elle présente des faiblesses de frappe et des traces d’un ancien nettoyage. Les bustes au revers sont bien visibles. La pièce reste agréable et est couverte d’une patine homogène

Catalogue references :

F.123 - PC.1692

Obverse

Obverse legend : VRBANVS.VIII. PONT. MAX. A. I..

Obverse description : Armes d’Urbain VIII surmontée d’une tiare, et des clefs de Saint-Pierre.

Reverse

Reverse legend : S·PETRVS·S·PAVLVS· // ALMA. ROMA // 16-24.

Reverse description : bustes affrontés de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul.

Commentary

Rare type monétaire avec les bustes affrontés des apôtres. La monnaie est remarquable pour le pontificat d’Urbain VIII, c’est la monnaie la plus rare .

Historical background

ITALY - PAPAL STATES - URBAN VIII (Maffeo Barberini)

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

Urbain had a long reign during which he was assisted by his brother Antoine Barberini. He condemned Gallileo for his Copernican theories. Urban VIII succeeded Gregory XV (1621-1623) and preceded Innocent X (1644-1655).