(sold for $65.0)

1655, Vatican, Pope Innocent X. Scarce Bronze Tessera for a Gold Scudo Coin. R!

Reference: - . R!
Mint Year: not dated (uncertain)
Condition: Minor greenspan deposits, otherwise VF+
Denomination: Tessera (old token or coin-weight for a gold scudo)
Material: Bronze
Diameter: 23mm
Weight: 2.98gm

Obverse: Coat-of-arms of pope Innocent X, topped by crossed keys and papal crown (tiara). All within wreath and flanked by two stars.
Legend: . S. PAVLVS . - ALMA . ROMA

Reverse: Lis symbol above inscription in three lines (SCVDO D ITALIA).

Authenticity unconditionally guaraneed.

Pope Innocent X (6 May 1574 – 7 January 1655), born Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (or Pamphili), was Pope from 1644 to 1655. Born in Rome of a family from Gubbio in Umbria who had come to Rome during the pontificate of Pope Innocent IX, he graduated from the Collegio Romano and followed a conventional cursus honorum, following his uncle Girolamo Pamphilj as auditor of the Rota, and like him, attaining the dignity of Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio, in 1629. Trained as a lawyer, he succeeded Pope Urban VIII (1623–44) on 15 September 1644, as one of the most politically shrewd pontiffs of the era, who much increased the temporal power of the Vatican[citation needed]. He was a great-great-great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI.