Papal States 1684 piastra Dav-4094
This specimen was lot 1417 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €2,000 (about US$2,624 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"PAPST INNOCENZ XI., 1676-1689. Die Münzstätte Rom. Piastra A IX/1684, Rom. DEXTERA / TVA DOMINE / PERCVSSIT / INIMICVM / 1684. Stempelschneider Giovanni Hamerani. Die Stola auf der Vorderseite mit Blumenranken verziert, die Rückseite mit Jahreszahl 1684 in geschlossenen Palmzweigen. Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich. (Papal States, Innocent XI, 1676-89, piastra of the year 9, Rome mint. The stole on the obverse is decorated with floral tendrils, the reverse with the year 1684 in closed palm branches. Handsome patina, extremely fine.)"
This issue is among the more available. This type was issued 1684 in several varieties (with and without date, with and without bow on wreath, year VIII and IX). The piastra was the Italian equivalent of the German thaler. The reverse motto, DEXTERA TVA DOMINE PERCVSSIT INIMICVM, comes from Exodus 15:6: "Thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 32.07 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 31,98 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-4094; Muntoni 30; Toffanin 2020/7, Ber-2084, KM 452.1.
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- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- 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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- (1683) mezza piastra, year VII, AVARVS NON IMPLEBITVR in cartouche
- (1683) mezza piastra, year VII, AVARVS NON IMPLEBITVR in palm wreath
- 1684 giulio, year VIII, QVI DAT PAVPERI NON INDIGEBIT
- 1684 testone, MELIVS EST DARE QVAM ACCIPERE, cherub at top of cartouche
- 1684 testone, MELIVS EST DARE QVAM ACCIPERE, cartouche with laurel branches
- 1684 testone, MELIVS EST DARE QVAM ACCIPERE, "MELIVS" bracketed by scrolls
- 1684 testone, MELIVS EST DARE QVAM ACCIPERE, "EST DARE" bracketed by corners
- 1684 testone, MELIVS EST DARE QVAM ACCIPERE, date on obverse
- (1684-86) testone, MELIVS EST DARE QVAM ACCIPERE
- 1684 piastra, DEXTERA TVA DOMINE PERCVSSIT INIMICVM, year VIII, no bow
- (1684) piastra, DEXTERA TVA DOMINE PERCVSSIT INIMICVM, year VIII, no bow
- (1684) piastra, DEXTERA TVA DOMINE PERCVSSIT INIMICVM, year VIII, with bow
- (1685-88) grosso, "NOCET MINVS"
- 1685 giulio, year X, QVI DAT PAVPERI NON INDIGEBIT
- 1685 testone, MELIVS EST DARE QVAM ACCIPERE
- Coins and currency dated 1684