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1 Quattrino - Innocent XI St. Paul
| Issuer | Papal Mint of Gubbio (Papal States) |
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| Year | 1676 |
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| Value | 1 Quattrino (0.002) |
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| Obverse description | Papal arms of Innocent XI displayed on a crowned heraldic shield, surmounted by the papal tiara and crossed keys of Saint Peter. The shield is elaborately decorated and occupies the central field, with the surrounding legend running along the coin's periphery. The design is characteristic of late seventeenth-century papal coinage, with bold heraldic relief typical of hammered copper issues. |
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| Reverse description | Saint Paul depicted standing in full figure at center, robed, holding a sword in his right hand as an attribute of his martyrdom. The saint is rendered in a hieratic, frontal stance consistent with the artistic conventions of papal provincial coinage of the period. The encircling legend names the apostle and runs along the inner border of a beaded or dotted rim. |
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Innocent XI — Benedetto Odescalchi — was elected in 1676 after a conclave that dragged on for nearly two months, the cardinals deadlocked over French interference. His papacy would become defined by fiscal austerity and open conflict with Louis XIV over Gallicanism. The Gubbio mint operated as a minor provincial facility within the Papal States, producing small copper for local circulation rather than prestige coinage, and quattrini from this facility saw genuine everyday use.
Berman 2153 is a well-documented type but survivors in problem-free condition are scarcer than their modest origins suggest — copper this small and this circulated rarely escaped environmental damage.