fwo_960628 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - PIUS IV (Giovanni Angelo Medici) Giulio N.D. Rome
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Type : Giulio
Date: N.D.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 2,52 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan un peu court
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ·PIVS·IIII· PONT MAX·.
Obverse description : Écu surmonté des clefs de Saint-Pierre et de la tiare pontificale.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SANT PETRVS (MM) - ALMA ROMA.
Reverse description : Saint-Pierre debout tenant les clefs.
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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