Live auction - fwo_340788 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - CLEMENT XI (Giovanni-Francesco Albani) Quadruple écu d’or 1706 Rome
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| Estimate : | 5 000 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 03 December 2014 17:11:32 |
Type : Quadruple écu d’or
Date: 1706
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,67 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire présentant une forte usure et semblant avoir été porté
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : * CLEMENS* XI* - * P* M* ANN* VII* (EN BAS : E. - H.).
Obverse description : Écu surmonté des clés de Saint Pierre et de la tiare pontificale.
Reverse
Reverse legend : A. DEO. ET. - . . PRO[. DEO.].
Reverse description : Image de la Charité avec un enfant dans les bras et deux sur les côtés.
Commentary
Ce quadruple écu d’or (quadrupla scudo d’oro) pour Clément XI est d’une grande rareté.
Historical background
ITALY - PAPAL STATES - CLEMENT XI (Giovanni-Francesco Albani)
(23/11/1700-19/03/1721)
Clement XI was elected at the end of the Jubilee year (1700). He fought against Jansenism. He also played an important role in settling the War of the Spanish Succession..
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