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Italian States, Stato Pontificio (Papal States). Clement XI AR Mezza Piastra. Rome mint, 1700-1721. Mons. Giuseppe D'Aste, mint president; Ermenegildo Hamerani, die engraver. CLEMENS ✶ XI ✶ P ✶ M ✶ ANN ✶ III, coat-of-arms in ornate frame with festoon on either side, mask above, lion head at base, surmounted by crossed keys and triple crown / Guardian angel flying to right, holding hand of boy walking to right below and pointing to sky amid clouds and rays; foliage in lower field, die engraver's initials to right, mint president's coat-of-arms in exergue. MIR 2277/1; Muntoni 58; Berman 2392. 15.60g, 37mm, 12h.

Very Fine; pleasant light cabinet tone. Very Rare.