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1 Grosso - Alexander VI
| Issuer | Ancona (Papal States) |
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| Year | 1492-1503 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing the standing figure of Saint Paul, depicted in robes and holding a sword, accompanied by the standing figure of Saint Peter with key, along with the evangelist symbol of Saint Mark. The design is rendered in the characteristic flat, linear style of late 15th-century Italian hammered coinage. A Latin legend encircles the imagery, reading S PAVLVS S PETRVS MARCI, identifying the patron saints associated with the Ancona mint. The flan is irregular in shape, as typical of hand-struck medieval ecclesiastical issues. |
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| Obverse lettering | S PAVLVS S PETRVS MARCI |
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Ancona operated as a semi-autonomous commune within the Papal States and guarded its minting privileges jealously — the city's coinage frequently diverged from Roman papal types, preserving local iconographic and denominational traditions long after other subject cities had surrendered control to Rome. Alexander VI, born Rodrigo Borgia, was arguably the most politically aggressive pope of the Renaissance, and his consolidation of temporal power across the Papal States during the 1490s brought cities like Ancona under tighter Vatican oversight than they had experienced in generations.