Papal States (1681) grosso KM-386

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Künker sale 403, lot 1424

This specimen was lot 1424 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €750 (about US$984 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"PAPST INNOCENZ XI., 1676-1689. Die Münzstätte Rom. Grosso o. J. (um 1681), Rom. St. Petrus mit kreisförmigem Nimbus. Prachtexemplar. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Papal States, Innocent XI, 1676-89, undated grosso, circa 1681, Rome mint. Obverse: St. Peter with circular nimbus. Cabinet example, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

The grosso was the second smallest silver coin, being one half of a giulio or one sixth of a testone. It was minted rather erratically; in addition to the type shown here, we see KM 476, dated 1686.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.57 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 1,62 g.

Catalog reference: Berman 2119; Muntoni 170; Toffanin 2031/1, KM 382.

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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