Lot 338. Papal States. Paul V. 1605-1621. AR 1/2 grosso. Rome mint. Scarce. Ex Paul Davis, August 1976.

Papal States. Paul V. 1605-1621. AR 1/2 grosso (17.2 mm, .72 g, 7 h). Rome mint. Papal arms / Bust of Saint Paul. Berman 1578; Munt 123. F/VF. Scarce. 

Ex Paul Davis, August 1976. 

It was Paul V who censured the humanist astronomer Galileo Galilei in 1616 for espousing Copernican theory.

 

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