Live auction - bfe_685095 - COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - CLEMENT VIII (Ippolito Aldobrandini) Douzain
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Estimate : | 140 € |
Price : | no bid |
Maximum bid : | no bid |
End of the sale : | 03 August 2021 18:26:10 |
Type : Douzain
Date: 1599
Mint name / Town : Avignon
Metal : billon
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 1,69 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce douzain est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et un peu court. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise. Faiblesse de frappe sur le lion placé dans le 2e canton de la croix du revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CLEMENS VIII. PONT. MAX..
Obverse description : Écu pontifical surmonté de la tiare pontificale, accosté de A - A.
Obverse translation : (Clément VIII, grand pontif).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + OCT. CAR. D. AQVAVIVA. LEG. AVE. 1599.
Reverse description : Croix échancrée, cantonnée aux 1 et 4 de la croix de Jérusalem, aux 2 et 3 d’un lion.
Reverse translation : (Octave, cardinal de Aquaviva, légat d’Avignon, 1599).
Commentary
Frappe au nom du légat pontifical le cardinal Ottavio Acquaviva.