fwo_981875 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - INNOCENT XI (Benedetto Odescalchi) 1/2 Grosso 1685
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Type : 1/2 Grosso
Date: 1685
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,65 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : INNOC: XI. - P: M..
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de Innocent XI, surmonté de la tiare et des clefs de Saint Pierre.
Obverse translation : (Innocent XI souverain pontife, dixième année).
Reverse
Reverse legend : NOCET / MINVS / 1685.
Reverse description : En trois lignes dans le champ dans un cartouche.
Historical background
ITALY - PAPAL STATES - INNOCENT XI (Benedetto Odescalchi)
(21/09/1676-12/08/1689)
Benedict Odescalchi was born in Como in 1611. He was elected and consecrated pope in Rome under the name of Innocent XI. On numerous occasions, he opposed Louis XIV, who ended up seizing the Comtat Venaissin. His pontificate was quite austere and he gave several laws against the luxury of Roman ladies. He died in Rome on August 12, 1689.
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