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1 Grosso - Clement XII TOLLE ET PROIICE
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 1736-1737 |
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| Reference(s) | Munt#138 , MIR#2517/2, 7 , Berman#2660 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a rectangular cartouche with ornate Baroque scrollwork of paper and cords framing a three-line Latin inscription, with the date below. The cartouche is surmounted by a decorative flourish and rests on foliate scroll ornaments at the base. The inscription TOLLE ET PROIICE, a pious motto alluding to charitable giving, is boldly rendered in Roman capitals across three lines, with the date 1737 appearing beneath in the lower portion of the cartouche. The entire design is contained within a toothed milled border consistent with the obverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Clement XII, born Lorenzo Corsini, was already blind and largely bedridden by the time this grosso entered production — governance of the Papal States during his final years fell increasingly to his nephew Cardinal Neri Corsini, a arrangement that drew persistent criticism from the Curia. The pope's physical incapacity did little to slow the mint at Rome, which continued issuing coinage under his name until his death in 1740.
The inscription TOLLE ET PROIICE — "take up and cast away" — derives from Augustine's Confessions, the moment of conversion in the garden at Milan.