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Super Hanc Petram The Architectural Medals of the Vatican Basilica and the Homage of the Pilgrims to St. Peter

Mt.TsP.Est.Portogallo.1

Denier of Alfonso III of Portugal (1248-1279), found around the tomb of St. Peter, billon, 16.20 mm, 0.73 g. 

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All these coins, accidentally ended up near the tomb of St. Peter, are kept in the Numismatic Department of the Vatican Apostolic Library in the collection Tomba di San Pietro.

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