Papal States (1705) testone KM-676

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Künker sale 403, lot 1515

This specimen was lot 1515 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €8,000 (about US$10,497 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"PAPST CLEMENS XI., 1700-1721. Die Münzstätte Rom. Testone A V (1704/1705), Rom. Mit dem Wappen des Presidente della zecca, Monsieur Giuseppe D’Aste, auf der Rückseite. Von großer Seltenheit. Feine Patina, vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Nomisma S.p.a./Asta Numismatica 36, San Marino 2008, Nr. 1722. (Papal States, Clement XI, 1700-21, testone of the year 5, Rome mint; reverse: arms of the mintmaster. Extremely rare, fine patina, extremely fine.)"

The testone was three giulii and 3½ testoni made a piastra. A mezza piastra of 1705 also featured the town of Urbino, once an independent duchy.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.16 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 9,14 g.

Catalog reference: Muntoni 80; Toffanin 2283/1 (RRR), Ber-2405, KM 676.

Source:

  • Berman, Allen G., Papal Coins, South Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1991.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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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