1 Testone - Alexander VIII St. Bruno
Features
| Issuer |
Papal States
 |
|---|---|
| Papież |
Alexander VIII (1689-1691)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1689-1690 |
| Value | 1 Teston (0.30) |
| Currency | Scudo (1534-1835) |
| Composition | Srebro (.917) |
| Diameter | 32 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 200271 |
| References | Munt# 19 Francesco Muntoni; 1972. Le Monete dei Papi e degli stati Pontifici. P. & P. Santamaria, Rome, Italy (4 volumes).Victor Emmanuel of Savoy; 1936. Corpus Nummorum Italicorum / Volume 16. Roma / Parte II (dal 1572 al 1700): Primo tentativo di un Catalogo generale delle monete medievali e moderne coniate in Italia o da Italiani in altri paesi. Carlo Colombo, Rome, Italy. |
Obverse
Herb papieski
Script: łaciński
Lettering: .ALEXANDER. VIII. PONT.MAX.
Reverse
(en) Saint Bruno with a halo of stars, walking atop clouds, bishop's mitre and crozier on the ground
Script: łaciński
Lettering: SANCTI.BR VNONSIS.
Comments
(en) Bruno of Cologne founded the Carthusian order in France in the 1080s, but declined an offer to become bishop of Calabria (hence the image of a bishop's mitre and crozier on the ground). Nonetheless, he is the patron saint of Calbria, Italy.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (1689-1690) | |||||||||||||||
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