Live auction - fwo_536009 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - BENEDICT XIII (Pietro Francesco Orsini) Giulio 1724 Rome
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 300 € |
| Maximum bid : | 300 € |
| End of the sale : | 10 September 2019 19:23:08 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Giulio
Date: 1724
Mint name / Town : Roma
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,04 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire bien centré sur un joli flan. Usure légère et très belle patine gris clair
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire de la Collection du Cardinal Dubois mise en vente en 1934 par Clément Platt sous le numéro 582, puis collection Alfredo Meneghin
Obverse
Obverse legend : BENEDECTVS· ·XIII. P. M. A. I..
Obverse description : Ecu aux armes du grand pontife Benoît XIIII.
Obverse translation : (Clément XI, grand pontife, première année).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CORONAT·T / * IN * / MISERICORDIA / ·1724·.
Reverse description : Légende dans un cartouche.
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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