Papal States 1736 testone KM-874

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Künker sale 403, lot 1571

This specimen was lot 1571 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €380 (about US$499 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Clemens XII. 1730-1740. Testone 1736, Rom. Mit Wappen auf der Vorderseite und mit COMMODITAS · VIARVM · REDVX und dem Wappen des Presidente della zecca, Monsieur Nicolò Casoni, auf der Rückseite. Fast vorzüglich. (Papal States, Clement XII, 1730-40, testone of 1736, Rome mint, with arms on the obverse and "COMMODITAS · VIARVM · REDVX" ('return of good roads') and the arms of the mintmaster on the reverse. About extremely fine.)"

This is a fairly scarce type. Another testone exists with the same reverse but with the papal bust on the obverse (Ber-2619). This type is listed in the SCWC for 1736 along with at least eight other types of testone, all scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7.93 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 8.31 g.

Catalog reference: Muntoni 24; Toffanin 2509/2 (R), Ber-2620, KM 874.

Source:

  • Berman, Allen G., Papal Coins, South Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1991.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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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