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| Location | Papal States |
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| Year | 1788 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Henry Benedict Stuart (Henry IX) in high relief, wearing a cardinal's skull cap and ecclesiastical robes with a pectoral cross suspended on a chain. The encircling Latin legend runs between two raised border rings. |
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| Obverse lettering | HEN . IX . MAG . BRIT . FR . ET . HIB . REX . FID . DEF . CARD . EP . TVSC |
| Reverse description | An allegorical figure of Religion stands facing, draped in classical robes, leaning upon a large cross with her right hand and holding a closed book under her left arm; a couchant lion rests to her left and a royal crown lies discarded on the ground to her right. The background features an architectural cityscape including a domed building to the left and a bridge to the right. The date appears in the exergue in Roman numerals. |
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