Issuing authority
Papal States
Territories under direct papal temporal rule.
- Kind
- state
- Region
- Southern Europe, Europe
- Recorded period
- AD 754 – 1870
Absorbed into the Kingdom of Italy in 1870; the Vatican City State is a later, separate entity.
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
Published entries
11
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
11 with a credited real-object photo
Dated span
1698 – 1867
10 entries with their own date
Verified or well documented
0
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (11)
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Antonio Travani
modern coins
Papal States scudo
Before 1870
The Papal States scudo, also known as the Roman scudo, was the principal silver denomination and official monetary unit of the temporal realm of the Papal States. Deriving its name from the Latin word scutum, meaning shield, the term was applied across the Italian peninsula from the sixteenth century to designate la…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Scudo on the Peace of Ryswick, in honour of Pope Innocent XII
1698
Scudo. Obverse: bust of a man within legend. Reverse: Peter with nimbus and keys in hand blesses the people within legend; exergue: inscription and coat of arms. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-1778; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); mea…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Scudo, Clement XI
1707
Obverse: bust of a man within legend. Reverse: pope with halo kneels at the foot of a mountain; on the summit lies a lamb with banner, beside the pope a maiden with anchor and olive branch within legend; exergue: coat of arms. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-1954-H; its record gives material…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Papal States, Pope Clement XI, scudo, 1708
1708
Silver coin. Obverse: decorated coat of arms, above which two crossed keys. Above that a tiara. In the legend the date: An VIII. Reverse: within rich Baroque decoration, inscription in three lines, below which coat of arms with hat. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-1984-B; its rec…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Papal States, Pope Gregory XVI, baiocco, 1840
1840
Copper coin. Obverse: ornate coat of arms, surmounted by two crossed keys. Above that a tiara. Reverse: within two tied branches the denomination indication in one line, below which the date. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3217; its record gives material recorded as copper (met…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Papal States, Pope Pius IX, grosso di rame of 5 baiocchi, 1849
1849
Copper coin. Obverse: between two crossed branches an ornate coat of arms, surmounted by two crossed keys. Above that a tiara. Reverse: within two tied branches the denomination indication: 5 baiocchi in two lines, below which the date. Below that the letter R [=Rome]. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds t…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
2 Baiocchi from the Papal States of Pope Pius IX, 1853
1853
Copper coin. Obverse: decorated coat of arms, above which two crossed keys. Above them a tiara. Reverse: within two tied branches, indication of value in two lines, below which the date. Below that the letter R [=Rome]. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3222; its record gives mat…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
20 baiocchi from the Papal States of Pope Pius IX, 1858
1858
Silver coin. Obverse: portrait of the pope facing left. In the legend the date: An XVIII = 1858. Reverse: within two tied branches the denomination indication in two lines, below which the date. At the bottom the letter B. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3223; its record gives…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Papal States, Pope Pius IX, 20 baiocchi, 1865
1865
Silver coin. Obverse: portrait of the pope facing left. In the legend the date: An XX = 1865. Reverse: within two tied branches the denomination indication in two lines, below which the date. At the bottom the letter R. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3223A; its record gives ma…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
10 soldi from the Papal States of Pope Pius IX, 1867
1867
Silver coin. Obverse: portrait of the pope facing left. In legend date: An XXII = 1867. Reverse: within two tied branches denomination in two lines, below which date. At the bottom letter R. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3225; its record gives material recorded as silver (met…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Lira from the Papal States of Pope Pius IX, 1867
1867
Silver coin. Obverse: portrait of the pope facing left. In the legend the date: An XXII = 1867. Reverse: within two tied branches the denomination indication in two lines, below which the date. At the bottom the letter R. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3224; its record gives m…
Partial type record
Dated entries by century
- 17th century1
- 18th century2
- 19th century7
Only the 10 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.
Materials recorded in the physical descriptions
- Silver7
- Copper3
An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.
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