Papal States (1431-47) ducat Fr-3

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Künker sale 403, lot 1267

This specimen was lot 1267 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €2,800 (about US$3,674 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"PAPST EUGEN IV., 1431-1447. Die Münzstätte Rom. Ducato papale o. J., Rom. Mit Münzzeichen Kopf am Ende der Vorderseitenumschrift und Rosette r. neben dem Heiligen auf der Rückseite. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Leicht gewellt, sehr schön. (Papal States, Eugene IV, 1431-47, undated papal ducat, Rome mint, with a head privy mark on the obverse legend a rosette on the reverse near the saints. Extremely rare, slightly wavy, very fine.)"

Eugene IV was the second pope to strike gold coins with his own name. Two types exist; Fr-3 shows the pope's arms in a circle and Fr-3a shows his arms in a quadrilobe.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,44 g.

Catalog reference: Berman 302; Fr-3; Muntoni 7; Toffanin 302/3 (RRR).

Source:

  • Berman, Allen G., Papal Coins, South Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1991.
  • 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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