bfe_384411 - COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - URBAN VIII (Maffeo Barberini) Barberin
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 250.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Barberin
Date: 1627
Mint name / Town : Avignon
Metal : billon
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,87 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce barberin est frappé sur un flan large, irrégulier et légèrement voilé. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : VRBANVS. VIII. PONT. M. 1627.
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de la famille Barberini surmonté de la tiare pontificale posée sur deux clefs croisées de saint Pierre.
Obverse translation : (Urbain VIII, grand pontife, 1627).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S. PETRVS. - AVENIO (ÉTOILE À 5 RAIS).
Reverse description : Buste de saint Pierre de face dont la tête coupe la légende en haut, tenant deux clefs de la main droite et les Évangiles de la gauche ; au-dessous un écu aux armes de la famille Barberini brochant sur une petite croix et sommé d'une croix et du chapeau cardinalice.
Reverse translation : (Saint-Pierre, Avignon).
Historical background
COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - URBAN VIII (Maffeo Barberini)
(6/08/1623-29/07/1644)
Maffeo Barberini was born in Florence in 1568. Paul V raised him to the rank of cardinal. He was elected pope at the age of fifty-five on August 6, 1623 and was consecrated on September 29, 1623 as Urban VIII. In 1630, he gave the title of eminence to the cardinals and ecclesiastical electors of the Holy Empire. He opposed the policy of Louis XIII and Richelieu during the Thirty Years War. They had in fact sided with the King of Sweden, Gustave II Adolphe, who was one of the great defenders of the Reformation. In 1631, the Duchy of Urbino was united with the domains of the Church. He died in Rome on July 29, 1644.
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