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Pope SIXTVS IV (Della Rovere) 1471 - 1484
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Rugser:
mm 19 - mixture
I need reference and name of coin.
Thank
ser
tacrolimus:
Ser,
i believe this coin is a "quattrino" struck by the mint of Viterbo since i seem to read S.LAVREN .... D. VI.....
Muntoni 67 or 68 (CNI 19 or 10).
Luigi
Follibus Fanaticus:
Ludwigv:
You neglected to tell us what’s really good about this coin. It is a product of the mint of Viterbo, a small town perched on top of what looks like a butte out of Montana.
How can you tell it’s from Viterbo? St. Lawrence, martyr, feast, August 10, is the patron of Viterbo. He was roasted over a slow fire on August 10, 258, during the golden days of Valerian I [253-260]. What did he do to merit such a toasty death? When the magistrate ordered him to deliver the Church’s treasures, he brought a flock of poor people into court and declared: "These are the treasures of the Church."
The judge was not amused. He was condemned to be fried slow. While cooking, he held out a well done arm to the judge and said: "Do you want something to eat?" Valerian heard about this and was even less amused than the judge.
The King of Persia may have done the same thing to Valerian I in 260. I wonder if the Emperor had a come-back-line as good as Lawrence from Viterbo’s.
Follibus Fanaticus
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