Papal States (1555-59) testone Ber-1045

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Künker sale 335, lot 5119

This specimen was lot 5119 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €420 (about US$550 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"ITALIEN, KIRCHENSTAAT/VATIKAN Paul IV. 1555-1559. Testone o. J. Ancona. Hübsche Patina, fast vorzüglich. (Italy, Papal States, Paul V, 1555-59, undated testone, Ancona mint. Handsome patina, about extremely fine.)"

Berman notes thats the Ancona mint issued a giulio and this testone during Paul's reign. The Rome mint also issued testone (Ber-1037, -1038, Ber-1039).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.92 g, 0.920 fine silver, this specimen 9.51 g.

Catalog reference: Ber-1045, Muntoni 39.

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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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