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5 Baiocchi - Pius VI
| Uitgever | Papal States Mint, Ascoli |
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| Jaar | 1797-1799 |
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| Valuta | Scudo (1534-1835) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Nimbate draped bust of the Virgin Mary facing left, with a radiate nimbus encircling the head, rendered in a neoclassical style. The effigy is set within an inner beaded circle, occupying the central field of the obverse. A circular Latin legend surrounds the bust between the inner and outer borders, the outer border composed of fine milling or denticles. The portrait conveys the iconographic tradition of the Theotokos as adopted in Papal coinage of the late 18th century. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | SANCTA DEI GENITRIX |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Struck at Ascoli during an extraordinarily turbulent moment for the Papacy, these coins were produced as French Revolutionary forces under Napoleon effectively dismantled papal temporal authority across central Italy. The Treaty of Tolentino in February 1797 had already stripped Pius VI of significant territories and an enormous indemnity; the Ascoli mint was one of several provincial facilities scrambling to maintain a functional copper coinage as the administration around it collapsed.
Pius VI died a French prisoner in Valence in August 1799, making this among the final issues of his pontificate.