Papal States 1700 testone KM-645
This specimen was lot 34034 in Heritage sale 3098 (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $810. The catalog description[1] noted, "Italy: Papal States. Sede Vacante Testone (30 Baiocchi) MDCC (1700)-ROMA XF40 NGC, Rome mint. Holy Year, Dove Flying Up. A scarcer issue featuring the arms of Cardinal Giovanni Spinola and a radiant upward-flying dove. Lustrous in the recesses, with golden iridescent highlights and a small planchet flaw noted to the obverse." This is the scarcest of the five testone listed for 1700: KM 644 (Innocent XII), 645 (sede vacante), 646 (sede vacante), 647, 648 (Clement XI, Holy Year, different shield).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9.56 g, 0.917 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Berman 2331, KM 645.
- 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.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, NYINC World Coins Signature Auction 3098, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2021.
- Francesco Muntoni, Le Monete del Papi e Degli Stati Pontifici, 4 vols. Rome: P & P Santamaria, 1973.
Link to:
- (1700-21) mezzo grosso, DEDIT PAVPERIBVS
- (1700-21) mezzo grosso, ESVRI/ENTEM/NE/DESPE/XERIS
- 1700 giulio, Holy Door with four columns
- 1700 giulio, Innocent XII, Jubilee year
- 1700 giulio, sede vacante
- 1700 giulio, Clement XI, Jubilee year
- 1700 testone, Innocent XII, Holy Year
- 1700 testone, Clement XI, Holy Year
- (1700) piastra, Innocent XII, Holy Year
- 1700 piastra sede vacante
- 1700-I piastra, Clement XI, Holy Year
- Coins and currency dated 1700