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| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 1455-1458 |
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| Currency | Groschen (1188-1534) |
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| Obverse description | Central oval shield bearing the arms of Pope Callixtus III (Alfonso de Borja), depicting a walking bull — the Borja family device — set within a pointed heraldic escutcheon. Above the shield, the papal tiara and crossed keys of Saint Peter are displayed, the traditional symbols of pontifical authority. The entire armorial composition is framed within a beaded oval border. The surrounding circular legend reads CALISTVS PP TERTIVS, identifying the issuing pontiff, divided by rosette stops and rendered in Gothic-influenced capital letters characteristic of mid-fifteenth-century Roman die-cutting. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (1455-1458) |
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