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Numismatics
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Artist: Unknown
Ruler: Tommaso Mercandetti, Italian, 1758–1821
Ruler: Sede Vacante
Mint: Rome

Papal Mezzo Grosso of 1689 Sede Vacante

1689

Silver

0.71 g, 12:00, 15.3 mm
Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Reverend William H. Owen, B.A. 1897
2001.87.34469
Geography: 
Made in Rome, Italy
Status: 
By appointment
Culture: 
Papal
Period: 
17th century
Classification: 
Numismatics
Provenance: 

Reverend William H. Owen, to 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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