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1 Giulio - Leo X St. Peter's Basilica
| Issuer | Papal States - Ancona Mint |
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| Year | 1513-1521 |
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| Value | 1 Giulio (2) |
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| Obverse description | Frontal architectural view of the facade of Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, rendered in detailed relief with flanking towers, a central dome, arched portico with columns, and niched figures visible on either side of the entrance. A floral rose mintmark appears at the base of the facade, flanked by the mint initials A and R (Ancona). The surrounding legend reads LEO DECIMVS PONT MAX with the Ancona mint mark MA RC distributed around the coin's border. |
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| Reverse description | Pope Leo X, vested in full pontifical robes including tiara and cope, kneeling to the left and presenting a model of St. Peter's Basilica to Saint Peter, who is seated to the right, bearded, nimbed, and holding the keys of heaven. Between the two figures a pastoral cross staff rises from the lower field. The devotional scene is framed by the surrounding legend PETRE ECCE TEMPLVM TVVM, the legend beginning at the lower left and continuing around the coin's circumference. |
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Leo X — Giovanni de' Medici — became pope in 1513 with the Vatican's most ambitious building project already underway and almost entirely unfunded. The Giulio issued from the Ancona mint during his pontificate was struck precisely when Leo was exhausting every financial instrument available to pay for the new St. Peter's, including the expanded indulgence sales that directly provoked Luther's 95 Theses in 1517. Ancona, as a major Adriatic port city under papal control, operated its mint with enough independence that its output differs noticeably in die style from contemporary Roman strikes of the same type.