Papal States (1670-76) testone KM-343

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Künker sale 403, lot 1395

This specimen was lot 1395 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €2,000 (about US$2,624 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"PAPST CLEMENS X., 1670-1676. Die Münzstätte Rom. Testone o. J., Rom. Mit Wappen des Presidente della zecca, Monsieur Giovanni Battista Costaguti, auf der Rückseite. . Sehr attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Patina, vorzüglich. (Papal States, Clement X, 1670-76, undated testone, Rome mint, with the arms of the mintmaster on the reverse. Very attractive example with handsome patina, extremely fine.)"

The reverse depicts the pope praying in front of his tiara. The reverse legend is taken from Psalm 16:15: "Ego autem in justitia apparebo conspectui tuo; satiabor cum apparuerit gloria tua." = "But as for me, I will appear before thy sight in justice: I shall be satisfied when thy glory shall appear."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.59 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 9,45 g.

Catalog reference: Berman 2017; Muntoni 29; Toffanin 1964/1 (R), KM 343.

Source:

  • Berman, Allen G., Papal Coins, South Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1991.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • 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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