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1 Quadrupla - Innocenzo XI RADIX OMNIVM MALORVM
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 1682-1685 |
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| Weight | 13.5 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Rome Mint |
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Innocent XI's pontificate was defined by fiscal austerity so aggressive it alienated Catholic monarchs across Europe. He curtailed papal court expenditures, refused to sell offices, and clashed bitterly with Louis XIV over the Gallican Articles — a dispute that pushed France to the edge of schism. Gold multiples from his reign are consequently rare; he had little appetite for ceremonial coinage and less for the lavish gift-giving that typically drove production of high-denomination papal issues.
The Munt#3 attribution places this among a very small documented population. The four-year emission window, 1682–1685, coincides precisely with the peak of his confrontation with Versailles.