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Groschen - Eugene IV
| Issuer | Comtat Venaissin |
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| Year | 1431-1447 |
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| Value | 1 Groschen (1/20) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Two crossed keys of Saint Peter, saltire-wise, with a shield bearing the papal arms displayed above at the crossing point. In the lower angles of the cross, two quatrefoil ornaments flank the keys. The entire device is set within a beaded inner circle, with the legend running between the inner and outer borders. The crossed keys are a canonical symbol of papal authority, rendered with characteristic clarity in the hammered style of the period. |
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Comtat Venaissin was a papal enclave within Provence — technically not France, not the Papal States, but a territorial anomaly administered directly by the Holy See since 1274. Eugene IV, whose pontificate was defined by the bruising conflict with the Council of Basel, retained firm control over Venaissin's mint at Carpentras even as his authority elsewhere was openly contested. The council's rival, Felix V, never displaced him here.
Berman 319 is among the scarcer attributable types from Carpentras for this pontificate.