Fresco portrait of Pope Sixtus IV, seated, with the humanist Platina and his Riario nephews

SIXTUS IV

(August 9, 1471 — August 12, 1484)

	Æ Obv. • SIXTVS •IIII• PONT • MAX • Bust of the Pope, l., wearing tiara and cope, with a morse displaying the Della Rovere coat of arms.
	Rev. • CONSTITVIT • EVM • DOMINVM • DOMVS • SVÆ (in exergue:) ROMA The Holy Door, 1475. Mazio, 24. Spink, 396. [modern reproduction] .

	Æ Obv. • SIXTVS •IIII• PON • MAX • SACRICVLT Bust of the Pope, l., wearing tiara and cope, with a morse displaying the Della Rovere coat of arms.
	Rev. PARCERE • SVBJECTIS ET DEBELLARE • SVPERBOS• (Vergil Aeneid VI.) (in field) MCCCC\|LXXXI SIXTE \| POTES (in exergue:) CONSTANTIA Allegorical female figure, Constantia .

Artaud de Montor, Histoire des souverains pontifes III, p. 365 #5 (from Molinet).
Refers to the Pazzi conspiracy in Florence

January 26, 2010 12:58 PM

John Paul Adams, CSUN
john.p.adams@csun.edu

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