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210, Lot: 468. Estimate $100.
Sold for $241. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papal Bullae. Sixtus V (Felice Peretti). 1585-1590. PB Bulla (37mm, 47.23 g, 12h). · + ·/SIXTVS/· PAPA ·/· V · in four lines; all within linear-beaded border / Bare heads of Sts. Paul and Peter, facing slightly right and left, respectively, each within halo; S/P/A and S/P/E above, long cross between; all within linear-beaded border. Serafini II 847-9. Near VF, minor roughness.


From the Luparello Collection.

Born to a rather poor family, Sixtus V was a reformer not only religiously, but also politically. He was open to large ideas and approached the papacy with zeal, reconstructing the administration of the papal state while also founding numerous municipal projects in Rome. Inheriting a bankrupt treasury, he administered his funds carefully and left the Vatican with a substantial surplus upon his death.