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This specimen was lot 1257 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €320 (about US$420 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''RÖMISCHER SENAT, 1184-1439. Grosso o. J. (1323-1328), Rom. Prägung mit dem Wappen der Familie Colonna-Orsini. + SEnATVS • P • - OPVLVS ° Q ° R ° Löwe schreitet l., den Kopf nach vorn gewandt, unten Familienwappen//+ ROmA ° CAPD ° mVnDI : [drei Ringe übereinander] : Roma thront v. v. mit Palmzweig, der Thron mit Löwenprotomen verziert. R Sehr schön.'' ([[Vatican|Papal States]], senatorial issue, 1184-1439, undated grosso, circa 1323-28, Rome mint, struck with the arms of the Colonna-Orsini family. Obverse: lion rampant left, arms below; reverse: Roma entroned facing, with palm branch, the throne decorated with lion's heads. Rare, very fine.)"</blockquote> To call this a Senatorial issue is to dignify the chaos, anarchy and hoodlumism besetting Rome at this period, forcing the popes to flee to Avignon, France. This issue was accompanied by a [[Papal States (1325-28) 1/2 grosso Ber-129|half grosso]]. The incumbent pope, John XXII, who died in December 1334 at the age of 89 years, spent his reign in Avignon. | This specimen was lot 1257 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €320 (about US$420 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''RÖMISCHER SENAT, 1184-1439. Grosso o. J. (1323-1328), Rom. Prägung mit dem Wappen der Familie Colonna-Orsini. + SEnATVS • P • - OPVLVS ° Q ° R ° Löwe schreitet l., den Kopf nach vorn gewandt, unten Familienwappen//+ ROmA ° CAPD ° mVnDI : [drei Ringe übereinander] : Roma thront v. v. mit Palmzweig, der Thron mit Löwenprotomen verziert. R Sehr schön.'' ([[Vatican|Papal States]], senatorial issue, 1184-1439, undated grosso, circa 1323-28, Rome mint, struck with the arms of the Colonna-Orsini family. Obverse: lion rampant left, arms below; reverse: Roma entroned facing, with palm branch, the throne decorated with lion's heads. Rare, very fine.)"</blockquote> To call this a Senatorial issue is to dignify the chaos, anarchy and hoodlumism besetting Rome at this period, forcing the popes to flee to Avignon, France. This issue was accompanied by a [[Papal States (1325-28) 1/2 grosso Ber-129|half grosso]]. The incumbent pope, John XXII, who died in December 1334 at the age of 89 years, spent his reign in Avignon. | ||
Revision as of 10:32, 17 April 2024
This specimen was lot 1257 in Künker sale 403 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €320 (about US$420 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCHER SENAT, 1184-1439. Grosso o. J. (1323-1328), Rom. Prägung mit dem Wappen der Familie Colonna-Orsini. + SEnATVS • P • - OPVLVS ° Q ° R ° Löwe schreitet l., den Kopf nach vorn gewandt, unten Familienwappen//+ ROmA ° CAPD ° mVnDI : [drei Ringe übereinander] : Roma thront v. v. mit Palmzweig, der Thron mit Löwenprotomen verziert. R Sehr schön. (Papal States, senatorial issue, 1184-1439, undated grosso, circa 1323-28, Rome mint, struck with the arms of the Colonna-Orsini family. Obverse: lion rampant left, arms below; reverse: Roma entroned facing, with palm branch, the throne decorated with lion's heads. Rare, very fine.)"
To call this a Senatorial issue is to dignify the chaos, anarchy and hoodlumism besetting Rome at this period, forcing the popes to flee to Avignon, France. This issue was accompanied by a half grosso. The incumbent pope, John XXII, who died in December 1334 at the age of 89 years, spent his reign in Avignon.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 2,26 g.
Catalog reference: Berman 133; Muntoni 38; Toffanin 145 (R).
- 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]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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