bfe_772149 - 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: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Avignon
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 319 ‰
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,66 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce double sol parisis est frappé sur un flan irrégulier. Faiblesses de frappe. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise de médaillier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : °SIXTV[S. V. PON]TIF° MAX.
Obverse description : S sous la tiare pontificale coupant la légende en haut ; au-dessous 158[...].
Obverse translation : (Sixte V, grand pontife).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + KA. DE. BOVRBON. C[ARD. L]EGA. AVEN..
Reverse description : Croix cléchée fleurdelisée.
Reverse translation : (Charles de Bourbon, cardinal légat d’Avignon).
Commentary
Nous n’avons pas pu lire de millésime. Ce dernier est certainement placé sous le S et est illisible en raison d’une faiblesse de frappe.
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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