Avignon (1484-92) carlino Ber-517

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Jean Elsen sale 162, lot 897
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southeast France at the end of the Hundred Years War

This specimen was lot 897 in Jean Elsen sale 162 (Brussels, June 2025), where it sold for €80 (about US$111 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, ÉTATS PONTIFICAUX, Innocent VIII (1484-1492), (Giovanni Battista Cybo), AR carlin, Avignon. D/ Le Pape trônant de f., ten. une longue croix patriarcale. R/ Croix longue cantonnée de clés en sautoir. Rare. Légère faiblesse de frappe. (France, Papal States, Innocent VIII, 1484-92, silver carlino, Avignon mint. Obverse: the pope enthroned, facing, holding a patriarchal cross; reverse: long cross cantonned with crossed keys. Rare, weakly struck, Very Fine.)"

This is listed in Numista as a half groschen. In Renaissance Italy, one testone was six grossi or four carlini. Wikipedia comments, "Innocent excommunicated Ferdinand [of Naples] in 1489 and invited King Charles VIII of France to come to Italy with an army and take possession of the Kingdom of Naples, a disastrous political event for the Italian peninsula as a whole. The immediate conflict was not ended until 1494, after Innocent VIII's death." By this time, the popes had returned to Rome and Avignon issues were struck by legates.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.1 g, silver, 20.5 mm diameter, this specimen 1,34 g.

Catalog reference: Munt. 24; Berman 517; P.A. 4267.

Sources:

  • Berman, Allen G., Papal Coins, South Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1991.
  • Francesco Muntoni, Le Monete del Papi e Degli Stati Pontifici, 4 vols. Rome: P & P Santamaria, 1973.
  • Roberts, James N., The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD), S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 162: Collection Jacques Druart, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.

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