Papal States 1676 testone KM-389

from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection

This type was minted in 1676 as a sede vacante issue after the death of Clement X. The SCWC lists two different testone for 1689, one sede vacante (shown here) and one for Innocent XI. The testone was thirty baiocchi, while the piastra, the Italian equivalent of the German thaler, was 105 baiocchi (3½ testone).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.59 g, silver, 0.917 fine.

Catalog reference: Ber-2060, KM-389.

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.

Link to:

• (1675) testone, arms obverse, king David reverse
• 1675 testone, Holy door open, arms obverse
• 1675 testone, Holy door closed, bust obverse
• 1676 mezzo grosso, sede vacante
• 1676 grosso sede vacante
• 1676 giulio sede vacante
• 1676 testone, "SVB·TVVM PRAESIDIUM", Innocent XI
• 1676 piastra, sede vacante
• (1676) piastra, St. Matthew reverse
• (1676-89) piastra, DEXTERA TVA·DOMINE PRERCVSSIT INIMICVM, Innocent XI
• (1676-89) piastra, NON PRODERVNT IN DEI VLTIONIS, Innocent XI
• (1676) quadrupla d'oro, SVB TVVM PRAESIDIUM
• 1677 testone
• Coins and currency dated 1676
• return to coins of the Papal States