PIUS IV
(December 25, 1559 – December 9, 1565)
PIUS IV(December 25, 1559 – December 9, 1565) |
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Æ 30 mm Obv.: PIVS · IIII · PONTIFEX · MAX Bust of Pius IV, r., bearheaded, wearing cope. |
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Rev.:
ROMA · RESVRGENS · Armed female figure, sometimes identified as Minerva, but probably ROMA, amidst piles of riches. (an imitation of a reverse of Paul IV, Mazio 77). Mazio, 84. Spink 599. [a modern imitation] |
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Æ 30 mm Obv.: PIVS · IIII · PONTIFEX · MAX Bust of Pius IV, r., bearheaded, wearing cope. |
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The Church of Santa Caterina dei Fornari, begun by Card. Rafael Cesio and completed by Pius IV,
the façade designed by Guidetto Guidetti.
F. Artaud de Montor, Histoire des souverains pontifes romains IV (Paris 1852) , p. 209.
John Paul Adams, CSUN
john.p.adams@csun.edu
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