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Live auction - bfe_470122 - COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - CLEMENT VI (Pierre Roger de Beaufort) Gros tournois

COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - CLEMENT VI (Pierre Roger de Beaufort) Gros tournois AU
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Estimate : 3 000 €
Price : 1 600 €
Maximum bid : 1 600 €
End of the sale : 06 March 2018 17:43:50
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Gros tournois
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Pont-de-Sorgues
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 4,04 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce gros est frappé sur un flan très large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une jolie patine grise de médaillier. Reliefs particulièrement nets
Catalogue references :

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: GRAS: ONIPOTES: 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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