Live auction - fwo_864229 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - SIXTUS V (Felice Peretti di Grottammare) Teston an I n.d. Rome
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 63 € |
| Maximum bid : | 63 € |
| End of the sale : | 24 October 2023 20:01:14 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Teston an I
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 9,38 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Flan plutôt large présentant de légers éclatements
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ·SIXTVS·V·PONT·MAX·.
Obverse description : écu surmonté des clefs et de la tiare pontificale.
Obverse translation : (Sixte V grand pontife).
Reverse
Reverse legend : NVNQVAM DEFICIET.
Reverse description : figure debout de la foi tenant à la main gauche une longue croix et à la main droite une tiare.
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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