Papal States 1699 1/2 piastra

Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 57361

This specimen was lot 57361 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $216. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ITALY. Papal (States of the Church). 1/2 Piastra, 1699 Year IX. Rome Mint. Innocent XII. PCGS Genuine--Mount Removed, EF Details." The mezza piastra was 52½ baiocchi, while the piastra, the Italian equivalent of the German thaler, was 105 baiocchi (3½ testone). The denomination was last minted in 1742 and superseded by the mezzo scudo in 1753. St. John the Baptist is shown preaching on the reverse.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 16.03 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Ber-2242, KM-613.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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