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1 Quattrino - Clement XI Saint Paul left
| Issuer | Gubbio (Papal States) |
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| Year | 1706-1719 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Draped nimbate bust of Saint Paul facing left, depicted with a halo radiating from the head in the manner typical of Papal State devotional coinage of the period. The apostle is shown with flowing robes and a sword, his principal attribute, partially visible at the lower left. The legend S٠PAVLVS٠APOS, identifying the subject as the Apostle Paul, commences at the lower left and runs clockwise around the field. The beaded border mirrors that of the obverse, and the overall style reflects the late Baroque engraving tradition of the Gubbio mint. |
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| Mintage | ND (1706) - A. VII ND (1709) - A. X ND (1713) - A. XIV ND (1716) - A. XVII ND (1717) - A.XVIII ND (1718) - A. XIX ND (1719) - A. XX |
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Clement XI spent much of his pontificate at war — not with armies, but with theologians. The Bull Unigenitus of 1713, which condemned Jansenism, consumed his administration and fractured relations with France so severely that Louis XIV briefly considered a schism. Small civic coinages like this Gubbio quattrino continued to be struck through the upheaval largely because local copper issues were a municipal necessity, not a papal priority.
Gubbio had operated its mint intermittently under papal authority since the fifteenth century, retaining a degree of local administrative character unusual for a town of its size.