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FRANCE, Provincial. Avignon. Flavio Chigi. Cardinal Legate, 1657-1668. AR Luigino (21mm, 2.09 g, 12h). Avignon mint; im: star. Dated 1662. · (flower) · FLAVIVS · CARD · GHISIVS · LEGA · AVE, bust right / (star) · EX · MONTIBVS · PAX · ORIETVR · 1662 (quatrilobe stops), coat-of-arms in polylobe. Duplessey, Feodales 2028; Poey d'Avant 4455; Muntoni 44; Berman 1958; KM 94 (Papal States). Near EF, toned. Rare.
Flavio Chigi was the cardinal-nephew of Pope Alexander VII, who had appointed him Cardinal Legate to Avignon in 1657. Flavio sat on the Council of Cardinals, where he commanded a sizeable pro-Tuscan faction and attended several Papal Conclaves. During his tenancy, luigini were struck at Avignon in the name of Alexander VII, in the name of Alexander VII and Chigi, and in Chigi's name alone.
Flavio Chigi was the cardinal-nephew of Pope Alexander VII, who had appointed him Cardinal Legate to Avignon in 1657. Flavio sat on the Council of Cardinals, where he commanded a sizeable pro-Tuscan faction and attended several Papal Conclaves. During his tenancy, luigini were struck at Avignon in the name of Alexander VII, in the name of Alexander VII and Chigi, and in Chigi's name alone.