Papal States (1717) testone

Goldberg sale 109, lot 2721

This specimen was lot 2721 in Goldberg sale 109 (Los Angeles, January 2019), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Italian States: Papal/Roman States. Testone, Anno XVII (1717). Clement XI. St. Peter standing. Attractively toned with underlying luster. Scarce. Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated." Berman lists fifteen different testone for this pope; Berman-2406 depicts St. Peter standing on the reverse. It was struck during year XVII. The testone was thirty baiocchi, while the piastra, the Italian equivalent of the German thaler, was 105 baiocchi (3½ testone).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.16 g, silver, 0.917 fine.

Catalog reference: Berman-2406, KM-767.

Source:

Berman, Allen G., Papal Coins, South Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1991.
Francesco Muntoni, Le Monete del Papi e Degli Stati Pontifici, 4 vols. Rome: P & P Santamaria, 1973.
Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 109: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2019.

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