v54_0317 - COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - URBAN VIII (Maffeo Barberini) Bulle
MONNAIES 54 (2012)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Bulle
Date: n.d.
Metal : lead
Diameter : 38,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 47,6 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Cette bulle présente des chocs en périphérie et conserve encore les restes du lacet. Reliefs plus nets au revers qu’au droit
Obverse
Obverse legend : S PA / S PE.
Obverse description : Têtes nimbées de saint Paul et de saint Pierre de face ; au milieu, une croix.
Obverse translation : (Saint Paul saint Pierre).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VR/BANVS / .PAPA. / .VIII..
Reverse description : Légende en trois lignes.
Reverse translation : (Urbain saint père huitième).
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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