Papal States (1707) 1/2 piastra

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Künker sale 403, lot 1512

This specimen was lot 1512 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €4,400 (about US$5,773 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"PAPST CLEMENS XI., 1700-1721. Die Münzstätte Rom. ½ Piastra ANN VII (1706/1707) Rom. Tobias mit Schutzengel. Stempelschneider Ermenegildo Hamerani. Mit dem Wappen des Presidente della zecca, Giuseppe D’Aste, auf der Rückseite. Feine Patina, vorzüglich. (Papal States, Clement XI, 1700-21, half piastra of the year 7, Rome mint. Obverse: Tobias with guardian angel; reverse: arms of the mintmaster. Fine patina, extremely fine.)"

The piastra was the Italian equivalent of the German thaler and was superseded by the scudo after 1740. The mezza piastra was a seldom used denomination.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 16.03 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 16,06 g.

Catalog reference: Muntoni 58; Toffanin 2277/1 (RR), Ber-2392, KM 699.

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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