Vatican, Innocent X (1644-1655), Gubbio mint, 1644-1655 AD.,
Quattrino (20-21 mm / 3,00 g), copper, medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), smooth edge,
Obv.: [INNOC X - P] M A [VI / F - C] , decorated Papal shield of arms.
Rev.: SANCTVS - PAVLVS AP , Saint Paul standing front, cross to r.
Muntoni 124d .
Pope Innocent X (6 May 1574 – 7 January 1655), born Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (or Pamphili), was Pope from 1644 to 1655. Born in Rome of a family from Gubbio in Umbria who had come to Rome during the pontificate of Pope Innocent IX, he graduated from the Collegio Romano and followed a conventional cursus honorum, following his uncle Girolamo Pamphilj as auditor of the Rota, and like him, attaining the dignity of Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio, in 1629. Trained as a lawyer, he succeeded Pope Urban VIII (1623–44) on 15 September 1644, as one of the most politically shrewd pontiffs of the era.