v09_2055 - VATICAN - GREGORY XVI Scudo 1846/5 Rome
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 289.65 €
Realised price : 184.01 €
Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 289.65 €
Realised price : 184.01 €
Type : Scudo
Date: an XVI
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 37,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 26,88 g.
Edge : cannelée
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Aucune usure visible à l'œil nu. Minuscules marques de manipulation dans le champ
Obverse
Obverse legend : GREGORIVS. XVI. -PONT. M. A. XVI.
Obverse description : Buste du Saint-Père à gauche ; signé au-dessous CERBARA/ R.
Obverse translation : (Grégoire XVI, souverain grand pontife, seizième année).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SCVDO/ 1846.
Reverse description : Dans une couronne formée de deux branches d'olivier.
Historical background
VATICAN - GREGORY XVI
(2/02/1831-1/06/1846)
Gregory XVI (1765-1846) was elected after 50 days of conclave. He had been prefect of propaganda before his election. Ultra-conservative, he relied on the Austrians to restore order in his states. He fought against anti-clerical movements in Spain and Portugal and promoted the development of the faith in the United States. He protected the Uniates in Russia.
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