fwo_810600 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - BENEDICT XIV (Prospero Lambertini) 1 Baiocco 1755 Gubbio
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Type : 1 Baiocco
Date: 1755
Mint name / Town : Gubbio
Quantity minted : -
Metal : copper
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,81 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
frappe fruste et décalée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : BENED. XIV. P. M..
Obverse description : Armes pontificales.
Reverse
Reverse legend : VN / BAIOCCO / GVB / 1755.
Commentary
Gubbio est une ville italienne d’Ombrie. Dépendante du Duché d’Orbino, elle fut rattachée aux États Pontificaux en 1631 à l’extinction de la famille della Rovere..
Historical background
ITALY - PAPAL STATES - BENEDICT XIV (Prospero Lambertini)
(17/08/1740-3/05/1758)
Benedict XIV (1675-1758) succeeded Clement XII after a Sede Vacante of more than six months (February 6 - August 17, 1740). He was a great builder. He restored many monuments in Rome and Bologna where he was from. During the jubilee year in 1750, he excommunicated the Freemasons by the bull "Providas". Benedict XIV, a great scholar, established the ritual for beatifications and canonizations. He was also the defender of the Indians in America who suffered from bad treatment..
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