bfe_1002910 - COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - SIXTUS V (Felice Peretti di Grottammare) Double sol parisis ou six blancs
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Type : Double sol parisis ou six blancs
Date: 1589
Mint name / Town : Avignon
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 319 ‰
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,54 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce double sol parisis est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et présente des faiblesses de frappe ainsi qu’un petite éclatement
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : S[IXTV]S. V. PONTIF. MAX..
Obverse description : S sous la tiare pontificale coupant la légende en haut ; au-dessous 1589.
Obverse translation : (Sixte V, grand pontife).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + KA DE BOVRBON. CA[RD. LE]GA. AVEN.
Reverse description : Croix cléchée fleurdelisée.
Reverse translation : (Charles de Bourbon, cardinal légat d’Avignon).
Commentary
Poids très léger.
Historical background
COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - SIXTUS V (Felice Peretti di Grottammare)
(01/05/1585-27/08/1590)
Sixtus V was born into a poor family and was brought up by the Franciscans. On April 24, 1585, he was elected pope at the age of sixty-four and consecrated the following May 1. He published in 1587 the revised edition of the Septuagint Bible as well as the revised edition of the Vulgate. In 1589, he excommunicated Henry III for the assassination of the Duke of Guise. He died in Rome on August 27, 1590.
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