Papal States 1625 testone KM-147
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This specimen was lot 1481 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "PAPAL STATES: Urban VIII, 1623-1644, AR testone, Rome, 1625 year 2. Coat of arms // La Porta Santa, EF." Berman lists seventeen different testone for this pontiff including two for the Holy Year of 1625 (Ber-1716, 1717). Altho none are common, this type is not rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9.59 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 9.50 g.
Catalog reference: KM-147, CNI-99. Ber-1716.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.
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