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<p>[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 6530622, member: 102103"]This was sold to me recently as a Quattrino of Benedict XIV, 1750</p><p>Weight is 2.25 g, about 20-21 mm diameter. Price was $6 so I'm not out for much.</p><p>I looked it up online and can't find an exact match.</p><p><a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces113102.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces113102.html" rel="nofollow">Here's</a> the 1750 Papal States quattrino on Numista.</p><p>The inscriptions on mine are a little different. I think mine says:</p><p>ob: BENE XIV P</p><p>rev: PORTA SANCTA (holy door)</p><p>I think the door is a reference to the Jubilee year of 1750.</p><p>Benedict XIV was pope from 1740-58</p><p>The lack of an explicitly stated denomination (it's a little heavier than the 2.1 g I would expect for a quattrino) and date (papal year or AD) are bugging me.</p><p>I wonder if it could be a contemporary privately issued copper token.</p><p>The version of the Papal Arms looks like it might be a regional issue from Gubbio.</p><p>Krause lists a 1750 Quattrino from Gubbio as a "holy year issue" with no image.</p><p>I can't find it on Numista for that year at all. Any suggestions welcomed.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1261295[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1261296[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 6530622, member: 102103"]This was sold to me recently as a Quattrino of Benedict XIV, 1750 Weight is 2.25 g, about 20-21 mm diameter. Price was $6 so I'm not out for much. I looked it up online and can't find an exact match. [URL='https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces113102.html']Here's[/URL] the 1750 Papal States quattrino on Numista. The inscriptions on mine are a little different. I think mine says: ob: BENE XIV P rev: PORTA SANCTA (holy door) I think the door is a reference to the Jubilee year of 1750. Benedict XIV was pope from 1740-58 The lack of an explicitly stated denomination (it's a little heavier than the 2.1 g I would expect for a quattrino) and date (papal year or AD) are bugging me. I wonder if it could be a contemporary privately issued copper token. The version of the Papal Arms looks like it might be a regional issue from Gubbio. Krause lists a 1750 Quattrino from Gubbio as a "holy year issue" with no image. I can't find it on Numista for that year at all. Any suggestions welcomed. [ATTACH=full]1261295[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1261296[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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