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Douzain - Clement VIII Octave of Acquaviva Legate
| Issuer | Comtat Venaissin |
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| Year | 1593-1599 |
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| Weight | 2.05 g |
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| Reverse description | A large scalloped or lobed cross occupies the center of the reverse, with the first and fourth quadrants containing a Jerusalem cross (cross potent) and the second and third quadrants bearing a rampant lion, representing the arms of the Comtat Venaissin legation. The date appears within the legend, which names Cardinal Octaviano Acquaviva as Papal Legate of Avignon. The overall composition is characteristic of hammered douzains struck under the authority of the Cardinal-Legates of Avignon. |
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| Mintage | 1593 - (fr) DyF#1925 - 1594 - (fr) DyF#1923, #1925, #1926, #1927, #1927A, #1928 - 1595 - (fr) DyF#1926 - 1596 - (fr) DyF#1926, #1927B - 1597 - (fr) DyF#1923A - 1598 - (fr) DyF#1923B - 1599 - (fr) DyF#1924, #1929 - |
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The Comtat Venaissin — a papal enclave wedged inside Provence — issued its own coinage throughout the early modern period under successive legates appointed directly by Rome. Clement VIII named Cardinal Giandomenico Octave of Acquaviva as legate in 1592, and coinage struck under his administration bears the peculiar dual authority of a sovereign territory governed entirely by ecclesiastical appointment. France repeatedly attempted to assert fiscal control over the enclave; local mint output during the 1590s reflects that tension, with production volumes fluctuating sharply year to year.
The enclave would not revert to France until the Revolution — 1791.