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Papal Sede Vacante Medal for 1691
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I posted this elsewhere, but thought I'd share it here also since participants are different. An interesting papal "twofer" arrived yesterday, part of my continuing education about this interesting area.
At first glance, its a sede vacante of 1691. However, it is also the annual medal for 1691. Annuals were, and continue to be, distributed on the feast day of Saints Peter and Paul, June 29th. Alexander VIII had died on February 1st and a new pope, Innocent XII, was not elected until July 12th so it was appropriate that the annual medal reflect the interregnum.
While I was generally aware of these, it was not until I started to research this medal that I better appreciated how the dates impacted types. For instance, althought it spanned parts of three calendar years, only a single annual medal was issued during Alexander VIII's reign, in 1690, since he was not elected untl October of 1689. Similarly, Innocent's first annual was issued the year after his election in 1692.
Similar Sede/Annuales were issued during 1730, 1740 and 1758.
As I understand it, Modesti indicates 56 gold and 67 silvers were distributed at the time, altho the totals of originals was slightly higher at 60 and 100 respectively. This is a very nice, but not particularly early, bronze restrike but certainly works for me.
References are:
Miselli (1669-1700) 288
Modesti (Annuale) 168
Boccia (Sede Vacante) 17
Still having a bit of a problem with scanning bronzes, but hope this will suffice.
At first glance, its a sede vacante of 1691. However, it is also the annual medal for 1691. Annuals were, and continue to be, distributed on the feast day of Saints Peter and Paul, June 29th. Alexander VIII had died on February 1st and a new pope, Innocent XII, was not elected until July 12th so it was appropriate that the annual medal reflect the interregnum.
While I was generally aware of these, it was not until I started to research this medal that I better appreciated how the dates impacted types. For instance, althought it spanned parts of three calendar years, only a single annual medal was issued during Alexander VIII's reign, in 1690, since he was not elected untl October of 1689. Similarly, Innocent's first annual was issued the year after his election in 1692.
Similar Sede/Annuales were issued during 1730, 1740 and 1758.
As I understand it, Modesti indicates 56 gold and 67 silvers were distributed at the time, altho the totals of originals was slightly higher at 60 and 100 respectively. This is a very nice, but not particularly early, bronze restrike but certainly works for me.
References are:
Miselli (1669-1700) 288
Modesti (Annuale) 168
Boccia (Sede Vacante) 17
Still having a bit of a problem with scanning bronzes, but hope this will suffice.
Always interested in St Louis MO & IL metro area and Evansville IN national bank notes and Vatican/papal states coins and medals!
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