Papal States (1712) scudo d'oro Fr-202

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Künker sale 403, lot 1496

This specimen was lot 1496 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €5,500 (about US$7,217 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"PAPST CLEMENS XI., 1700-1721. Die Münzstätte Rom. Scudo d’oro A XII (1712/1713), Rom. Mit FERRO / NOCEN / TIVS / AVRVM auf der Rückseite. GOLD. RR Prachtexemplar. Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 138, März 2008, Nr. 4721. (Papal States, Clement XI, 1700-21, scudo d'oro of the year 12, Rome mint. Very rare, cabinet example, uncirculated.)"

Papal coinage usually took its mottoes from the Vulgate Bible but this one, FERRO NOCENTIVS AVRVM ("Gold is more dangerous than iron"), is taken from the Roman moralist Ovid. This scudo d'oro was reissued in 1717 but with a different motto on the reverse.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3,35 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-202; Muntoni 16; Toffanin 2245/1 (RRR), Ber-2355, KM 749.

Source:

  • Berman, Allen G., Papal Coins, South Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1991.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • 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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