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Live auction - bfe_382182 - COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - CLEMENT VI (Pierre Roger de Beaufort) Gros tournois
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| Estimate : | 2 500 € |
| Price : | 1 805 € |
| Maximum bid : | 2 200 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 March 2016 16:39:16 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Gros tournois
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Pont-de-Sorgues
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 4,05 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce gros est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et large. Exemplaire présentant de hauts reliefs et recouvert d’une jolie patine grise de médaillier
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la vente Argenor du 22 avril 2004, n° 687 et de la collection Yves Caille
Obverse
Obverse legend : * - CLEMES* PP* SEXT (DEUX CLEFS CROISÉES) *.
Obverse description : Le pape à mi-corps bénissant de sa main droite, tenant une croix longue.
Obverse translation : (Clément VI, grand pontife).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + COMES* VENESI* (DEUX CLEFS CROISÉS) ; LÉGENDE EXTÉRIEURE : + AGIMVS: TIBI: GRA: ONIPOTENS: DEVS.
Reverse description : Croix.
Reverse translation : (Comtat-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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