Avignon 1641 quadrupla Fr-59

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Künker sale 403, lot 1366

This specimen was lot 1366 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €7,500 (about US$9,841 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"PAPST URBAN VIII., 1623-1644. Die Münzstätte Avignon. Quadrupla 1641, Avignon. ° VRBANVS (Unbekanntes Münzzeichen Malteserkreuz) VIII • PONT • MAX • I64I : Brustbild r. in geistlichem Ornat, darunter das Wappen des Vicelegato Federico Sforza//(Unbekanntes Münzzeichen [drei Ringe übereinander] ) ° ANTONIVS ° CARD ° BARBERINVS • LEGAT • AVEN • Kardinalshut über dem Kardinalswappen auf Malteserkreuz. GOLD. RR Attraktives Exemplar, fast vorzüglich. (Papal States, Urban VIII, 1623-44, quadrupla of 1641, Avignon mint. Obverse: bust right in ornate robes, arms of the vice-legate below; reverse: cardinal's hat over the cardinal's arms over a Maltese cross. Very rare, attractive example, very fine.)"

A city in southeastern France, Avignon is located near the confluence of the Rhone and Durance rivers and was in the possession of the Papacy until annexed by France in 1791. Urban VIII, who was Pope from 1623 until his death in 1644, was the last Pope to expand the Papal territory by force of arms, but he incurred massive debts during his Papacy. The type is listed for 1637-44 but is rare and expensive. The last quadrupla is listed for 1665.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.44 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 13,33 g.

Catalog reference: Berman 1787; Fr-59 (listed under France); Muntoni - (see 206-208); Toffanin - (see 1749), KM 58 (listed under Avignon).

Source:

  • Berman, Allen G., Papal Coins, South Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1991.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Francesco Muntoni, Le Monete del Papi e Degli Stati Pontifici, 4 vols. Rome: P & P Santamaria, 1973.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 403: Coins and Medals of the Popes - The significant collection of a southwest German entrepreneur, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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