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1 Scudo d'Oro - Urban VIII Holy Door
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 1625 |
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| Weight | 3.5 g |
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| Reverse description | The Holy Door (Porta Santa) of St. Peter's Basilica depicted in full, surmounted by a papal tiara and crossed keys, with the Veil of Veronica (Sudarium) displayed prominently within the doorway. The date 1625 is divided on either side of the door in the field. The legend QVI INGREDITVR SINE MACVLA encircles the design, with ROMA at the base. The composition commemorates the Jubilee Holy Year proclaimed by Urban VIII, rendered in the bold engraving style characteristic of early seventeenth-century Roman papal coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Urban VIII opened the Holy Year of 1625 — a Jubilee year, convened every quarter-century since Boniface VIII established the tradition in 1300 — amid the early tremors of the Thirty Years' War. The Holy Door coinage was struck specifically for the occasion, functioning as both devotional object and diplomatic currency at a court acutely conscious of its diminishing temporal power against the Protestant north.
Maffeo Barberini had been elected pope in 1623, and the 1625 Jubilee was his first major ceremonial coinage. The CNI XVI references cluster around six die pairings for this type, suggesting limited but carefully managed production.