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[[Image:Papal St G81-2421o.jpg|300px|thumb|Goldberg sale 81, lot 2421]]
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This specimen was lot 2421 in Goldberg sale 81 (Los Angeles, September 2014), where it sold for $1,997.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"Italian States - Papal/Roman States. Testone, 1582 (Ancona). Pope Gregory XIII, 1572-1585. Beautifully toned and crisply struck for a late 16th century European silver coin. Lots of eye appeal and a nicely detailed portrait. NGC graded MS-63. 
<p>This coin was struck near the end of Gregory XIII's papacy. After the death of Pope Pius V (1566-1572) Ugo Boncompagni (later Gregory XIII) was successfully backed by the Spanish king and many in the church, to become his successor. He was to prove a quick-witted man with great legal and management skills who led a faultless personal life. He increased the power of the papacy and he introduced the Gregorian calendar."</p></blockquote> Silver ''testone'' are popular with collectors not only for their Catholic associations but also the extraordinarily vivid portraits of the various popes, including Sixtus V (1585-90) shown here. The first papal [[Papal States 1588 piastra Dav-8329|piastri]] date from this period; a piastra was three and a half testone.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver.

''Catalog reference:'' CNI-78-80; Munt-200-203; [[On the coinage of the Papal States|Berman-1213]]. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Aleeza Brown, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, ''Goldberg Sale 81: the Pre-Long Beach Auction,'' Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2014. 

''Link to:''
* [[Papal States (1523-34) 2 carlino]]
* [[Papal States (1572-85) giulio Ber-1176|(1572-85) giulio, ''HANC ETRAM ET SVPER'']]
* [[Papal States (1572-85) testone|(1572-85) testone, Ancona mint, St. Peter standing]]
* [[Papal States (1575-81) testone Ber-1174|(1575-81) testone, ''VENITE·AD·ME·OMNES·ET·EGO·REFICIAM·VOS'']]
* [[Papal States (1572-85) testone Ber-1158|(1572-85) testone, ''FIDES NON DEFICIET'']]
* [[Papal States (1572-78) testone Ber-1218|(1572-78) testone, Ancona mint, St. Peter enthroned]]
* [[Papal States 1575 testone Ber-1212|1575 testone, Ancona mint, ''IVSTIS PATET'']]
* [[Papal States (1575-85) testone Ber-1220|(1575-85) testone, Ancona mint, ''SVSPICET ET VALEBIS'']]
* [[Papal States (1572-85) scudo d'oro Fr-85]]
* [[Papal States (1582) testone|(1582) testone, ''AGGREGATA RELIGIO'']]
* [[Papal States (1582)-NS testone Ber-1164|(1582)-NS testone, ''SIC DECET IMPLERE'']]
* [[Papal States (1585) quattrino Ber-1305|(1585) quattrino, ''sede vacante'', Ancona mint]]
* [[Papal States 1586 scudo d'oro Fr-316|1586 scudo d'oro, Ancona mint]]
* [[Papal States (1588) testone|(1588) testone, Sixtus V]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1582]]
* return to coins of [[Vatican|the Papal States]]

[[Category:Selections from Goldberg sale 81]]