½ Groschen - Jules III Alexandre Farnèse Legate

½ Groschen - Jules III (Alexandre Farnèse Legate) - obverse½ Groschen - Jules III (Alexandre Farnèse Legate) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Comtat Venaissin (Papal States)
Pope Julius III (Iulius III) (1550-1555)
Legate Alessandro Farnese (1541-1565)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1550-1555
Value ½ Groschen (1⁄40)
Currency Livre Tournois
Composition Billon
Weight 0.99 g
Diameter 19.9 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
268236
References Boudeau# 941,
Émile Boudeau; 2002. Catalogue général illustré et à prix marqués des monnaies françaises provinciales (4th edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France.
Dy féodales# 1872,
Jean Duplessy; 2004. Les monnaies françaises féodales / Tome 1. Maison Platt, Paris, France.
And 1 more volumes.
Munt# 61
Francesco Muntoni; 1996. Le Monete dei Papi e degli stati Pontifici / Volume 1. Da Adriano I alla Sede Vacante 1559 : 772-1559 (2nd edition). Urania Editrice, Rome, Italy.
And 3 more volumes.

Obverse

Pope sitting on his throne, holding a long cross dividing legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IVLIVS PP TERTIVS

Translation: Jules III great pontiff.

Reverse

Cross with keys in each quarter.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ALEX FAR C LEGA AVE

Translation: Alexandre Farnese Cardinal Legate of Avignon.

Mint

Avignon, France (768-1693)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1550-1555) 

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