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1 Grosso - Pius VI AUXILIUM DE SANCTO - Laurel wreath
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 1784-1787 |
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| Currency | Scudo (1534-1835) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a plain, slightly convex field bearing the three-line devotional Latin inscription AVXILIVM / DE / SANCTO in bold raised Roman capitals, referencing Psalm 20:2. A small six-pointed star or asterisk appears at the top of the field above the inscription. The entire central design is enclosed within a continuous wreath of laurel or olive branches tied at the base, rendered in fine relief with individual leaves clearly articulated. The wreath in turn is surrounded by a milled edge of fine beading consistent with the obverse border, completing the design. |
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Pius VI's pontificate coincided with the early tremors of a Europe about to fracture. This small silver issue was struck during a period when the papacy was locked in a slow-motion confrontation with Joseph II of Austria, whose Josephinist reforms were systematically dismantling Church authority across Habsburg territories — stripping monasteries, curtailing papal jurisdiction, and subordinating clergy to the state. Pius made the extraordinary decision in 1782 to travel personally to Vienna, the first pope to visit a reigning monarch in centuries, and returned with almost nothing to show for it.