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| Issuer | Papal Mint of Ancona (Papal States) |
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| Year | 1572-1585 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | GREGORIV ٠ XIII ٠ P ٠ MAX (Translation: Gregory 13th Supreme Pontiff) |
| Reverse description | Full-length figure of Charity (Caritas) standing facing, draped in flowing robes, holding an infant in her left arm while a second infant clings to her right side and a third child stands at her left. A radiate nimbus or floral ornament crowns her head. The allegorical figure is depicted in the devotional humanist style characteristic of Papal coinage of the period. The circular Latin legend surrounds the figure, incorporating the mint name ANCO for Ancona. |
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