Modern coin – HCR95241

Obverse

Design:

PIVS / SEPTIMVS / PONTIFEX / MAXIMVS; in exergue, MDCCCXVI / three heads / B.

Reverse

Inscription:

PONTIFICATVS ANNO XVI

Design:

Heraldic shield of the Pope; in exergue, BAIOCCO / flower.

Information

Category

Papal issue

Note

; diameter set to 11 because was null (and was therefore uneditable)

Period

Modern

Group

Authority

Papacy

Person

Pius VII, pope, 1800-1823

Reign

Dating

1816 (XVI)

Mint

Bologna

Denomination

baiocco

Metal

copper

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

11.33

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition date

1834

Source

Robert Finch

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by Robert Finch, 1834.

Reference

F. Gigante - 2021 - Catalogo Nazionale delle monete italiane dal '700 all'euro : No. 58 (no flower on the reverse)

Reference

Medieval and Modern coins of Italy in the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford: From Odoacer to Italian Unification, 476-1860/70 :

Contributors to this coin record

cgallacher, adandrea, jbaker, cgallacher