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ALEXANDER VIII(October 6, 1689 —
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Æ ALEXAN • VIII • OTTOBON: P • O • M • CRE: VI • OCT: 1689 Bust of the pope, r., wearing camauro, mozetta and stole. |
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Rev: • MVNIT • ET • VNIT • The terrestrial globe, with the XII signs of the Zodiac imposed on a diagonal band; below the band, Italy; above the band, clouds and stars. Mazio, 351. Spink 1488. |
See: Descrizione veridica dalla solenne cavalcata e delle cerimonie fatte il dì 23 Ottobre 1689 dal Palazzo del Vaticano alla Basilica di S. Gio. Laterano peì possesso preso dalla Santità di N. Signore Alessandro VIII, etc. (Roma Gio. Granc. Buagni 1689).
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Æ ALEX • VIII • P • M • OTHOBONVS VENETVS HAMERANVS • F Bust of the pope, r., wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole.. |
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[Pietro and Giovanni Landi, Ambassadors of Venice,
were descendants of the 78th Doge, Pietro Lando]
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Æ ALEXAN • VIII • PONT • MAX HAMERANVS • F Bust of the pope, r., wearing tiara and cope. |
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Rev: LAVRENTIO IVST • IN | SS | ALBVM RELATO PETRO ET IOANNE | LANDIS ORAT • VEN | ADNITENTIBVS Bishop seated on throne, with foot resting on a pillow, archepiscopal cross in his left hand, right hand raised in gesture of blessing. Canonization of St. Lorenzo Giustiniani of Venice (1690) Mazio, 356. Spink 1487. |
[Pietro and Giovanni Landi, Ambassadors of Venice,
were descendants of the 78th Doge, Pietro Lando]
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Æ 6 cm ALEXANDER • VIII • OTTHOBONVS • VENETVS • PONT • MAX Bust of the pope, r., wearing tiara and cope. |
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Rev: PETRVS•CARD•OTTHOBONVS•S•R•E• |
See: F. Artaud de Montor, Histoire des Souverains Pontifes romains VI (Paris 1851) 200-201
