E-auction 19-5340 - fwo_246217 - VATICAN AND PAPAL STATES 5 Lire Sede Vacante 1939 Rome

VATICAN AND PAPAL STATES 5 Lire Sede Vacante 1939 Rome MS

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Estimate :	48 €
Price :	53 €
Maximum bid :	60 €
End of the sale :	26 August 2013 16:50:00
bidders :	9 bidders

Type : 5 Lire Sede Vacante

Date: 1939

Mint name / Town : Roma

Quantity minted : 40000

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 835 ‰

Diameter : 23 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Coments on the condition:

belle patine

Catalogue references :

Mont.506 - KM20/20 - Munt.2

Obverse

Obverse legend : SEDE.VACANTE.MCMXXXIX.

Obverse description : armes du camerlingue cardinal Eugenio Pacelli sur croix de Malte surmonté d’un chapeau en bas motto OPVS IVSTICIA PAX.

Reverse

Reverse legend : INFVNDE AMOREM CORDIBVS / L.5.

Reverse description : colombe volant devant un soleil, en dessous inscription STATO.DELLA.CITTA’ / DEL.VATICANO, en petit nom du graveur MISTRVZZI.

Commentary

Le Sede Vacante est l’expression latine utilisée pour qualifier la période durant laquelle on constate le décès d’un pape et on procède à l’élection de son successeur. Le camerlingue constate le décès, l’annonce, organise la nouvelle succession et gère les affaires courantes. En 1939, le camerlingue de Pie XI est le cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, le futur Pie XII.