Object Description
84 PAUL V Borghese 1613
Obv. Bust to right, in biretta, mozzetta and stole. Around, PAVLVS . V . BVRGHESIVS . RO . PONT . MAX . A . D . MDCXIII . P . IX . ; below truncation, PAVL . SANQVIR .
Rev. View of port and castle. In field, COL . IVL . | FANESTRIS; around, + PORTV . BVRGHESIO . A . FVNDAMEN . EXTRVCTO
Bronze, struck, 59 mm. Hole at top
The port of Fano was fortified by Paul V in 1614. The reverse inscription refers to the fact that Fano was a Roman colony under Julius Caesar.
Bibl.: Venuti, p. 213, no. 23; Bonnani, p. 539, no. 32; Martinori, fasc. xiii, p. 116; Tresor Papes, pl. 26, 7; Brescia 2, p. 14, no. 191.