fwo_958441 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - PIUS IV (Giovanni Angelo Medici) Teston n.d. Rome
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Type : Teston
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,46 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Flan irrégulier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ·PIVS·IIII· PONT MAX·.
Obverse description : écu surmonté des clefs de Saint-Pierre et de la tiare pontificale.
Reverse
Reverse legend : S·PETRVS (MM) - APOSTOLVS· // ·ROMA·.
Reverse description : Saint-Pierre assis sur le trône tenant à la main gauche clef et bénissant de la main droite.
Historical background
ITALY - PAPAL STATES - PIUS IV (Giovanni Angelo Medici)
(26/12/1559-/09/12/1565)
Pius IV inaugurates his reign with the trial of his predecessor Paul IV for outrageous nepotism. He founded the central archives of the Vatican and had fortifications added to Castel Sant'Angelo. He died on December 9, 1565 of a bad fever..
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