Papal States 1559-C testone

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Künker sale 403, lot 1322

This specimen was lot 1322 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €320 (about US$420 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SEDISVAKANZ 1559. Die Münzstätte Rom. Triplice Giulio (Testone) 1559, Rom. Mit Rosette als Mantelschnalle und dem Münzzeichen C in Kreuzglobus (Girolamo Ceuli) auf der Rückseite. Kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön. (Papal States, sede vacante of 1559, triple giulio or testone of 1559, Rome mint. With a rosette as cloak brooch and mintmark C in an orb on the reverse. Small planchet defects, very fine.)"

This is a very early testone but not the first. While regular papal coinage was either not dated or bore regnal years, sede vacante coinage usually had the AD date.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.59 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 9,00 g.

Catalog reference: Berman 1058; Muntoni 2; Toffanin 1046/2 (R).

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.
  • [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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