Papal States (1692) testone

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Künker sale 403, lot 1471

This specimen was lot 1471 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,362 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"PAPST INNOCENZ XII., 1691-1700. Die Münzstätte Rom. Testone AN II (1692/1693), Rom. Mit dem Wappen des Presidente della zecca, Monsieur Maffeo Farsetti, auf der Rückseite. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. (Papal States, Innocent XII, 1691-1700, testone of the year 2, Rome mint, with the mintmaster's arms on the reverse. Cabinet example, about uncirculated.)"

The testone was three giulii and 3½ testone made a piastra. The reverse motto translates as, "This [coin] will not follow you into perdition."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.59 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 9,61 g.

Catalog reference: Muntoni 43; Toffanin 2143/1, Ber-2247, KM 552.

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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