Object Description
168 PIETRO ALDOBRANDINI (1572-1621), Cardinal 1593 1598
Obv. Bust to left. In border at left, female figure; at right, old man. Above, PET : S . R . E . CAR : ALDOB : ECCLE . | EXERC : SVPREM : MODERAT . | CLEM : VIII : NEPOS; below, FERRAR : ET IN VNIVERSA | ITAL : DE LAT : LEGATVS
Rev. A large procession moving toward a town (Ferrara ?) in the background. Around, HOC VIRTVTIS OPVS; below, [AN] TONIV [S . CASONIVS . F] 1598
Bronze, late cast, 88 mm.
In 1598, Cardinal Aldobrandini, nephew of Clement VIII, brought the town of Ferrara directly under papal rule.
Bibl.: Arm. i, p. 303,1; Forrer i, p. 358; Brescia i, p. 62, no. 407; MM. I, p. 451, pl. 100, 3.
