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GREGORY XIV
(December 5, 1590-October 16, 1591)
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Obv.:
•GREGORIVS | XIIII • PON • MAX •
Bust of the pope, r., wearing camauro and mozzetta.
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Rev.:
• DIEBVS
• FAMIS
• SATVRAB(us)
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Allegorical figure of Plenty (or Ceres or Annona), a cornucopia in her left hand, sheaf of wheat in her right, bringing relief from famine.
Mazio, 154.
Spink 823.
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A restrike. Obverse die break in left field. Reverse die break in left field.
Alexis Francois Artaud de Montor, Histoire des souverains pontifes romains Tome IV (Paris 1851) 17-29, at 24, 26.
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January 17, 2010 12:32 PM
John Paul Adams, CSUN
john.p.adams@csun.edu
