bfe_827719 - COMTAT-VENAISSIN - AVIGNON - URBAN VIII (Maffeo Barberini) Double tournois ou quattrino
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Type : Double tournois ou quattrino
Date: 1635
Mint name / Town : Avignon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,15 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce double tournois est frappé sur un flan large, régulier et légèrement décentré. Monnaie recouverte d’une patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : * VRBANVS. VIII. PONT. MAX, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 7 HEURES).
Obverse description : Buste d’Urbain VIII à droite.
Obverse translation : (Urbain VIII, grand pontife).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANT. CAR. BAR. LE. AVE. 1635.
Reverse description : Trois abeilles posées 2 et 1.
Reverse translation : (Cardinal Antoine Barberini, légat d’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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