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4 Doppie - Pius VI
| Issuer | Papal States - Bologna Mint |
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| Year | 1787 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Two elaborate heraldic shields displayed side by side in the central field: the left shield, surmounted by a galero (cardinal's hat) with pendant tassels, bears the arms of the Papal See quartered with those of Bologna; the right shield, topped by a bust figure, displays the civic arms of Bologna. The two shields are joined at the centre by crossed papal keys with tasselled cords. The date '1787', flanked by six-pointed stars, appears in the exergue below a horizontal line. The circumferential legend 'BONON·DOCET·' — the traditional motto of Bologna ('Bologna teaches') — arcs across the upper field in Roman capitals with pellet stops. |
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Pius VI's Bologna issues of the 1780s came during a pontificate under mounting fiscal and political pressure — Joseph II's reformist Catholicism was actively dismantling Church authority across Habsburg territories, and Pius had traveled personally to Vienna in 1782 in a failed attempt to reverse the trend. The Bologna mint, operating under papal license rather than direct Vatican control, continued producing high-denomination gold for local commercial use largely independent of Rome's immediate monetary crises.
The 4 Doppie denomination — equivalent to roughly eight Roman scudi in gold — was one of the heavier multiples struck at Bologna and saw limited production runs in most years. Fr#384 is among the scarcer Fürst references for this pontificate.