Papal States (1585) quattrino Ber-1305
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This specimen was lot 3183 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $204. The catalog description[1] noted, "PAPAL STATES: Sede Vacante, 1585, AE quattrino 0.55 g, ND (1585), Ancona Mint, listed in Berman as billon but appears to be bronze, very uncommon type, VF-XF." This particular sede vacante between Gregory XIII (1572-85) and Sixtus V (1585-90) lasted only two weeks in April 1585. Accordingly, there are only a few coins therefrom and this was the only issue from Ancona on the Adriatic coast.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.54 g, copper, 18 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: Berman-1305.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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