E-auction 452-364292 - fwo_706271 - VATICAN AND PAPAL STATES 500 Lire premier Sede Vacante Colombe 1978 Rome

VATICAN AND PAPAL STATES 500 Lire premier Sede Vacante Colombe 1978 Rome MS

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Estimate :	40 €
Price :	33 €
Maximum bid :	35 €
End of the sale :	13 December 2021 17:05:30
bidders :	7 bidders

Type : 500 Lire premier Sede Vacante Colombe

Date: 1978

Mint name / Town : Roma

Quantity minted : 200000

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 835 ‰

Diameter : 29 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 11 g.

Edge : inscription en relief STATO DELLA CITTA' DEL VATICANO

Catalogue references :

Mont.700 - KM20/140

Obverse

Obverse legend : * SEDE * VACANTE * MCMLXXVIII * // *** GISMONDI.

Obverse description : armes du Cardinal Villot.

Reverse

Reverse legend : *VENI*SANCTE*SPIRITVS* // STATO*DELLA*CITTA // DEL*VATICANO // *L.500*.

Reverse description : colombe.

Commentary

En 1978, il y eu deux vacances du siège apostolique (Sede Vacante) :
- du 6 au 26 août 1978 : entre le décès de Paul VI et l’élection de Jean-Paul Ier
- du 28 septembre au 16 octobre 1978 : entre le décès de Jean-Paul Ier et l’élection de Jean-Paul II.
A deux reprises, le Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot assure en qualité de camerlingue assure cette vacance.