v58_0317 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - PIUS IV (Giovanni Angelo Medici) Testone n.d. Rome
MONNAIES 58 (2013)
Starting price : 190.00 €
Estimate : 380.00 €
Realised price : 440.00 €
Number of bids : 7
Maximum bid : 450.00 €
Starting price : 190.00 €
Estimate : 380.00 €
Realised price : 440.00 €
Number of bids : 7
Maximum bid : 450.00 €
Type : Testone
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 9,37 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce gros est frappé sur un flan assez large et irrégulier. Exemplaire légèrement tréflé et recouvert d’une jolie patine de médaillier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : .PIVS. IIII. - .PONT. MAX., (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE TRIANGLE).
Obverse description : Écu des Médicis orné de cuir, sous deux clefs croisées sommées d’une tiare pontificale.
Obverse translation : (Pie IV, grand pontife).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .S. PETRVS. - APOSTOLVS.
Reverse description : Saint Pierre, assis, nimbé et bénissant ; à l’exergue .RO (globe sommé d’une croix à double traverse) MA..
Reverse translation : (Saint Pierre, apôtre).
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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