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Lot # 93
Italian States, Stato Pontificio (Papal States). Urban VIII AR Testone. Rome mint, 1625. Giuseppe Bonanni, Sebastiano Pagliari and Girolamo Martelli, mintmasters. VRBANVS • VIII • PONT • M • A III, coat-of-arms in volute frame, surmounted by crossed keys with hanging cords and triple crown / QVI • INGREDITVR • SINE • MACVLA •, the Holy Door, decorated with the Holy Face, flanked by columns with pediment decorated with volutes and statue of Blessed Virgin with Child; RO-MA across fields; date and mintmasters' mark in exergue. MIR 1667/9; Muntoni 49a I; Berman 1717. 9.58g, 31mm, 11h. Near Very Fine; partial double strike.