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1 Testone - Innocent XI MELIVS EST DARE QVAM ACCIPERE
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 1688 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Five-line Latin inscription MELIVS / EST·DARE / QVAM / ACCIPERE / 1688 displayed within an elaborately ornamented baroque cartouche formed by boldly rendered acanthus leaf scrolls and foliate volutes, enclosing the date 1688 at the base of the inscription. The motto, a Biblical quotation from the Acts of the Apostles (20:35), is rendered in large Roman capital letters. The cartouche is framed by a milled border consistent with the obverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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