fwo_837148 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - BENEDICT XIII (Pietro Francesco Orsini) Bulle papale n.d. Rome
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Type : Bulle papale
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : lead
Diameter : 40 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 48,75 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
“1392” écrit au revers. Patine tachée
Predigree :
Cette bulle a été achetée par Monsieur Jacques Gibert à la vente des affaires de Monsieur Bosq son ami en 1864
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 : BENE / DICTVS / PAPA / XIII.
Reverse description : Légende en quatre lignes.
Reverse translation : (Benoît saint père treizième).
Historical background
ITALY - PAPAL STATES - BENEDICT XIII (Pietro Francesco Orsini)
(05/29/1724-02/21/1730)
Benedict XIII (1649-1730) succeeded Innocent XIII. He kept his monastic habits as a Benedictine monk, breaking with the decadence of his predecessors. However, the government of his states is left to his friend Niccolò Coscia who commits numerous financial embezzlements and ruins the papal treasury..
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