★ The Papacy at Avignon – Babylonian Captivity – 1309-1376 ★

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). John XXII. 1316-1334. AR Grosso – Carlin (25mm, 3.81 g, 6h). Pont-de-Sorgues (Avignon) mint. Struck 1317-1321. IOh’ЄS : PΛPΛ : XXII COmЄS : VЄnΛSInI, John seated facing, holding cross and raising right hand in benediction, on throne composed of two lions / + ΛGIm’: TIBI : GRΛ’: OmnIPOTЄnS DЄVS, cross fleurée. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe, pp. 142 and 147 ; CNI XV, 4; MIR 190; Muntoni 7; Berman 176; Duplessey, Féodales 1771. Toned. Good VF.

From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Triton XXII (8 January 2019), lot 1288.