Papal States (1585) testone Ber-1318

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Künker sale 403, lot 1337

This specimen was lot 1337 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €360 (about US$472 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"PAPST SIXTUS V., 1585-1590. Die Münzstätte Rom. Testone A I (1585/1586), Rom. Ohne Münzzeichen auf der Vorderseite und der Wappenschild mit zwei Putten verziert. Seltene Variante. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Klaus Bronny, Auktion Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 26, Stuttgart 2008, Nr. 224. (Papal States, Sixtus V, 1585-90, testone of the year I (1585-86), Rome mint, without mintmark on the obverse and an escutcheon with two putti on the reverse. Rare variety, very fine.)"

The reverse legend, NVNQVAM DEFICIET ("It never fails"), alludes to the efficacy of faith as represented by the cross and the female figure of Faith. This type also comes undated.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.59 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 9,42 g.

Catalog reference: Berman 1318; Muntoni -; Toffanin 1303/2 (RR).

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, 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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