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1/2 Giulio - Clement VII Saint Justina
| Issuer | Papal Mint of Piacenza (Papal States) |
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| Year | 1523-1528 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Full-length figure of Saint Justina of Padua, patron saint of Piacenza, standing facing in the field, nimbed (halo behind head), draped in long flowing robes, and holding a crozier or palm in her right hand. The figure is rendered in a flat, linear style typical of hammered papal coinage of the period. A beaded inner circle frames the central device, with the surrounding legend identifying her as protectress of the city. |
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| Mint | Piacenza Mint |
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Clement VII's pontificate began in 1523 under reasonable circumstances and collapsed into catastrophe. When imperial troops — many of them unpaid Lutheran Landsknechte — sacked Rome in May 1527, the papal mint operations were severely disrupted, and Clement himself was besieged inside Castel Sant'Angelo for seven months. Coinage from Piacenza during this window survives in part because the city's mint, operating at a remove from Rome, continued functioning while the central apparatus fell apart.
Saint Justina's patronage of Piacenza explains her presence on this issue — she was martyred there under Diocletian, and her cult remained central to local civic identity.