Italian States, Stato Pontificio (Papal States). Pius VII AR Scudo. Rome mint, 1802. Mons. Antonio Lante, mint president; Giocchino Hamerani, die engraver. PIVS • VII • PON • M • AN • III, coat-of-arms in volute frame, surmounted by crossed keys and triple crown; branch to either side / AVXILIVM • DE • SANCTO, Personification of the Holy Church, veiled and radiant, seated facing on clouds, holding keys and domed temple on cloud to right; mint president's coat-of-arms below, die-engraver's name to lower left, date to right. MIR 3037/3; Muntoni 6a; Berman 3220. 26.27g, 41mm, 12h.
Very Fine; scrape to rev.