Lot 806
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Pius VII, New Codes of Practice for the Papal States, 1818, by Salvatore Passamonti, bust right, wearing tiara and piviale, ANNO XIX, signed below, rev. LEGES LATAE, Justice seated holding scales and cornucopia, date in exergue, 41mm. (Bart.818; L.2063; Ma.560; Pat.89), very fine, obverse cleaned, reverse toned
Pius VII, New Codes of Practice for the Papal States, 1818, by Salvatore Passamonti, bust right, wearing tiara and piviale, ANNO XIX, signed below, rev. LEGES LATAE, Justice seated holding scales and cornucopia, date in exergue, 41mm. (Bart.818; L.2063; Ma.560; Pat.89), very fine, obverse cleaned, reverse toned

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Pius VII, New Codes of Practice for the Papal States, 1818, by Salvatore Passamonti, bust right, wearing tiara and piviale, ANNO XIX, signed below, rev. LEGES LATAE, Justice seated holding scales and cornucopia, date in exergue, 41mm. (Bart.818; L.2063; Ma.560; Pat.89), very fine, obverse cleaned, reverse toned

Lot Essay

The implementation of new legal and civil codes, outlined in the "Motu Proprio' of 1816, and here commemorated in the annual medal for 1818, was hampered by the confusion caused by the period of French occupation.