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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;panzerman, post: 4163232, member: 77704&quot;]This coin I got from Stacks Auctions.....</p><p>AV Ducato ND Rome Mint</p><p>Pope Nicholas V 1447-55</p><p><br /></p><p>He was Pope at a time when the Ottoman Turks where considered a threat to Christian Europe. In 1453, when Sultan Murad II passed/ young Mehmet II became the new Sultan. Not wasting time, he wanted to finish what his father started/ conquest of Constantinople. Once the siege got underway, Nicholas tried to drum up support for a relief force to help the Byzantines. However, it was doomed to failure, and by the time a Venetian/ Allied fleet was ready, the City fell to the Turks. Also, the &quot;Hundred Years War&quot; ended during his papacy. In 1452, he crowned German King, Friedrich III, Holy Roman Emperor. He would be the last HRE crowned in Rome.[ATTACH=full]1073577[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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