fwo_752810 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - BENEDICT XIV (Prospero Lambertini) Doppio Giulio an XV 1755 Rome
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Type : Doppio Giulio an XV
Date: 1755
Mint name / Town : Roma
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,07 g.
Edge : décorée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : BEN · XIV PON · M · A · XV.
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Benoît XIV.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MDCC LIV.
Reverse description : Femme assise tenant les clefs.
Historical background
ITALY - PAPAL STATES - BENEDICT XIV (Prospero Lambertini)
(17/08/1740-3/05/1758)
Benedict XIV (1675-1758) succeeded Clement XII after a Sede Vacante of more than six months (February 6 - August 17, 1740). He was a great builder. He restored many monuments in Rome and Bologna where he was from. During the jubilee year in 1750, he excommunicated the Freemasons by the bull "Providas". Benedict XIV, a great scholar, established the ritual for beatifications and canonizations. He was also the defender of the Indians in America who suffered from bad treatment..
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