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1 Grosso - Pius VI AUXILIUM DE SANCTO - Flowers wreath
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 1777 |
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| Reference(s) | MIR#2772/1, Munt#51, Berman#2969 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A six-pointed star is prominently placed at the top of the field above a three-line Latin inscription reading AUXILIUM / DE / SANCTO, with the date 1777 below. The entire central device is enclosed within a continuous wreath composed of small stylised floral rosettes arranged in a circular garland. The design is plain and devotional in character, with no additional border inscription, and is enclosed within a milled outer rim consistent with the obverse. |
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Pius VI's pontificate began in 1775 inheriting a papacy in serious fiscal strain — the costs of maintaining the Papal States' civil administration had grown well beyond what traditional Church revenues could support. The grosso denominations struck in his early years were part of a broader attempt to rationalize the coinage, with the 1777 issues among the first systematically milled silver pieces issued under his authority from Rome.
Pius VI would reign until 1799, eventually dying a French prisoner at Valence after Napoleon's forces seized him following the fall of Rome in 1798 — making his early coinage, struck in more stable years, something of a quiet contrast to how his pontificate ended.