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1/2 Piastra - Clement XI CIVITAS VRBINI
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 1705 |
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| Value | 1/2 Piastra (21⁄40) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Clement XI is best remembered numismatically for the enormous output of his 27-year pontificate, but the Urbino civic issue occupies a distinct administrative category. Urbino had passed to direct papal control in 1631 when Francesco Maria II della Rovere died without a legitimate heir, ending the della Rovere dynasty and extinguishing the Duchy of Urbino as a sovereign entity. The city retained a degree of municipal identity under Rome, and coinage struck in its name reflected that residual civic standing rather than standard papal production.
The Munt#52 attribution places this among a small documented group, and surviving examples in collectible condition are genuinely scarce.