Papal States 1671 testone

Künker sale 403, lot 1383

This specimen was lot 1383 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,412 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"PAPST CLEMENS X., 1670-1676. Die Münzstätte Rom. Testone A II/1671, Rom, auf die Wahl des Papstes Clemens X. am Festtag des Hl. Petrus von Verona. R Feine Patina, vorzüglich. (Papal States, Clement X, 1670-76, on the election of Clement X on the feast day of St. Peter of Verona. Rare, fine patina, extremely fine.)"

Wikipedia comments, "Peter of Verona (1205 – April 6, 1252), also known as Saint Peter Martyr and Saint Peter of Verona, was a 13th-century Italian Catholic priest. He was a Dominican friar and a celebrated preacher. He served as Inquisitor in Lombardy, was killed by an assassin, and was canonized as a Catholic saint 11 months after his death, making this the fastest canonization in history."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.59 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 9,54 g.

Catalog reference: Berman 2010; Muntoni 21 a; Toffanin 1929/2 (R), KM 349.

Source:

Berman, Allen G., Papal Coins, South Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1991.
Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
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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