E-auction 190-121677 - bfe_323175 - COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - CLEMENT VI (Pierre Roger de Beaufort) Denier
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| Estimate : | 240 € |
| Price : | 57 € |
| Maximum bid : | 60 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 December 2016 15:05:30 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Avignon ou Pont-de-Sorgues
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,09 g.
Coments on the condition:
Cette pièce est frappée sur un flan irrégulier. La croix du revers apparaît en négatif au droit. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CLEMS. PP. S[EXTV]S.
Obverse description : Buste de face du pape coiffé d’une tiare.
Obverse translation : (Clément VI, grand pontife).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + [COMES.] VENESINI.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée au 2 de deux clefs posés en sautoir et au 3 d’une rose.
Reverse translation : (Comte du Venaissin).
Historical background
COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - CLEMENT VI (Pierre Roger de Beaufort)
(07/05/1342-06/12/1352)
A French Benedictine from Limousin, he was elected pope on May 7, 1342 and consecrated on May 19. In 1348, he bought Avignon and the Comtat. He had the palace of Benedict XII decorated and was the protector of artists and writers such as Petrarch. He died on December 6, 1352 and was buried in La Chaise-Dieu.
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