fwo_536629 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - SIXTUS V (Felice Peretti di Grottammare) Teston 1588 Rome
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Teston
Date: 1588
Mint name / Town : Roma
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30,97 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,41 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
flan légèrement bombé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire de la collection Alfredo Meneghin
Obverse
Obverse legend : *SIXTVS*V* *PON*MAX*.
Obverse description : écu surmonté des clefs et de la tiare pontificale.
Obverse translation : (Sixte V grand pontife).
Reverse
Reverse legend : *S*PETRVS* ALM*ROMA // 15 88 GC.
Reverse description : Saint-Pierre nimbé assis de profil à gauche tenant une clef.
Historical background
ITALY - PAPAL STATES - SIXTUS V (Felice Peretti di Grottammare)
(01/05/1585-27/08/1590)
Sixtus V was born into a poor family and was brought up by the Franciscans. On April 24, 1585, he was elected pope at the age of sixty-four and consecrated the following May 1. He published in 1587 the revised edition of the Septuagint Bible as well as the revised edition of the Vulgate. In 1589, he excommunicated Henry III for the assassination of the Duke of Guise. He died in Rome on August 27, 1590.
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