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5 Bolognini - Clement XII Cartouche
| Issuer | Bologna (Papal States) |
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| Year | 1736-1737 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The quartered arms of Bologna displayed within an oval shield, framed by an elaborate baroque cartouche of foliate and scrollwork ornament. The upper portion of the cartouche features a floral finial, while the lower portion terminates in a stylized fleur-de-lys pendant. The engraver's initials M and P appear in the field to the left and right of the shield respectively. The die is anepigraphic, with no surrounding legend. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Clement XII — Lorenzo Corsini — was nearly blind by the time this issue was struck, governing the Papal States in his eighties from a wheelchair. Bologna, one of the wealthiest legations in the papal system, maintained a semi-autonomous mint with its own traditions, and the bolognino denominations it produced were often struck in parallel with Roman issues rather than under direct Roman supervision.
The three Chimienti varieties catalogued for this type reflect sequential die changes across the two-year production window — not a redesign, but the ordinary attrition of working dies at a busy provincial mint.