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1 Testone - Guido Ascanio Sforza Sede Vacante
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 1559 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | S·PETRVS·APOSTOLVS·ROMA |
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| Mintage | 1559 |
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Guido Ascanio Sforza served as Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church during the 1559 sede vacante — the vacancy triggered by the death of Paul IV in August of that year. As Camerlengo, his was the hand that formally certified the pope's death and assumed temporal governance of the Papal States until a successor was elected. The 1559 vacancy was unusually fraught: Paul IV had been so despised that Roman crowds tore down his statue and released prisoners from the Inquisition within hours of his death.
The conclave that followed lasted over three months before electing Pius IV in December.