Papal States (1513-21) giulio Ber-728

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from Heritage sale 3097, lot 30314
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This specimen was lot 30314 in Heritage sale 3097 (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $13,800. The catalog description[1] noted,

"Italy: Papal States. Leo X Giulio ND (1513-1521) XF45 NGC, Ravenna mint. Variety with the monogram of Ravenna below the Papal arms, and without cardinal hat over Cardinal Fieschi's arms. An extraordinary survivor of this incredible series rarity, and one that seems to far exceed the examples plated in both Muntoni and Monete Italiane Regionali. From a survey of auction records of the last decade, we have been able to locate just one other example having become available, which brought the equivalent of nearly $13,000 in an Italian sale in November 2017. Seemingly a type that was prone to doubling, this piece has managed to retain a great deal of detail, the features carefully and boldly struck, with an accented variegation of silver tone providing strong silhouetting effect along their reliefs."

Leo X was the first Medici pope and was more interested in beautifying St. Peter's than reforming the church. During his pontificate, coins were struck at Rome, Ancona, Bologna, Fabriano, Fermo, Foligno, Modena, Parma, Perugia, Pesaro, Piacenza, Ravenna, Regio Emilia and Avignon. This was the only giulio struck at Ravenna but Berman notes Ber-638-644, 666-672, 690-691, 703-705, 711 and 716-718 from other mints. The piastra was 10½ giulii and the scudo was ten giulii.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.95 g, 0.920 fine silver; this specimen 4.37 g.

Catalog reference: Ber-728, MIR-716/1 (RRRR), Munt-160.

Source:

  • 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.
  • [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, NYINC World Coins Platinum Night Auction 3097, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2021.

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