#alessandro viii

Papal State: Alexander VIIIAR Testone 1690.Alexander VIII (Pietro Vito Ottoboni). 1689-1691. AR Testone. Commemorating Papal Agricultural Reforms.Rome mint; Giovanni Battista Patrizi, mintmaster.Dually dated RY I and 1690 in Roman numerals.Bust right / Yoked team of oxen plowing right. CNI XVI 27; Muntoni 16; Berman 2176.Beautiful and very rare Testone in great condition,Traces of hole blocked.

Half Bolognino 1690 !In the late 17th century (around 1690), the Papal States were undergoing monetary reforms or a shortage of metal. Instead of producing new blanks, the Bologna mint simply took older coins that were already in circulation (in this case, from 1650) and struck them with a new motif and date (1690).Pope Alexander VIII: The year 1690 falls under the short pontificate of Pope Alexander VIII (1689–1691). It was during his reign that these emergency or austerity mintings were carr...