Ronciglione (1798-99) baiocco
This specimen was lot 671 in Jean Elsen sale 132 (Brussels, March 2017), where it sold for €160 (about US$203 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ITALIE, ETATS PONTIFICAUX, République romaine (1798-1799), Cu baiocco, s.d., Ronciglione. Eclats sur la tranche. Très Beau à Superbe. (Italy, Pontifical State, Italy, Pontifical State, Roman Republic (1798-99), copper baiocco, undated, Ronciglione mint, rim faults, very fine to extremely fine.)"
The Roman Republic was formed to welcome the advancing French armies in 1798 and the pope fled to Venice and Austrian protection. When Napoleon left Italy for Paris, the puppet republics all collapsed and the pope returned to Rome, to rule until 1808. This local emergency issue is quite scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper or brass.
Catalog reference: Munt. 96; KM unlisted, Berman 3209.
- Berman, Allen G., Papal Coins, South Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1991.
- Francesco Muntoni, Le Monete del Papi e Degli Stati Pontifici, 4 vols. Rome: P & P Santamaria, 1973.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 132, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
Link to:
- Fermo 1798 1/2 baiocco
- Fermo Anno I baiocco KM-10.1 Roman Republic
- Pergola 1798-AP baiocco Roman Republic
- Ascoli (1798-99) 2 baiocchi
- Roman Republic (1798-99) 2 baiocchi
- Macerata 1798 5 baiocchi
- (1798) scudo, "LIBERTA ROMANA 27 PIOVOSO"
- Ronciglione (1799-00) 3 baiocchi Ber-3215
- Coins and currency dated 1798
- return to coins of the Papal States