Live auction - fwo_849215 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES – CLEMENT VII (Giulio de Medicis) Doppio Giulio N.D. Rome
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| Estimate : | 2 500 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 25 July 2023 19:33:58 |
Type : Doppio Giulio
Date: N.D.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,25 g.
Edge : lisse
Slab
NGC : AU55
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sous coque NGC AU55
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CLEMENS VII PONTIF MAX.
Obverse description : Écu surmonté des clefs de Saint-Pierre et de la tiare pontificale.
Reverse
Reverse legend : S PA S PE // ALMA ROMA.
Reverse description : Buste nimbé de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul.
Historical background
ITALY - PAPAL STATES – CLEMENT VII (Giulio de Medicis)
(19/11/1523- 25/09/1534)
Posthumous and illegitimate son of Giuliano de Medici and his last mistress, Fioretta Gorini, Julius de Medici (1478-1534) is the nephew of Lorenzo the Magnificent, and therefore the cousin of Pope Leo X. He tries to counter the influence of Charles Quint. In 1527, Rome was sacked. He did nothing to counter ITALY - STATES OF THE CHURCH - CLEMENT VII (Julius de Medici)e protestaITALY - STATES OF THE CHURCH - CLEMENT VII (Julius de Medici) nascentism and failed to reconcile with Henry VIII of England breaking with Catholicism. However, he turns out to be a great patron like his uncle Leo X.
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