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 ✹ AN ✹ VIII, coat-of-arms in ornate frame with griffin heads and ribbons, surmounted by crossed keys and triple crown / FIAT PAX IN VIRTVTE TVA in three lines within elaborate frame with scrolls, mask at top; mint president's coat-of-arms and die engraver's initials below. MIR 2278/1; Muntoni 54; Berman 2389. 15.70g, 38mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine; wavy flan, pleasant light cabinet tone on lustrous metal.