Casale (1518-30) testone

Künker sale 406, lot 4735

Casale about 1494, in the northern part of Montferrat

This specimen was lot 4735 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €420 (about US$551 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"ITALIEN, CASALE-MONTFERRAT, Bonifacius II. 1518-1530. Testone o. J. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Fast vorzüglich. (Italy, marquisate of Casale, Boniface II, 1518-30, undated testone. Scarce in this quality, about extremely fine.)"

Casale, originally part of the Marquisate of Montferrat, passed thru various hands before becoming an estate of the Dukes of Mantua. On the extinction of that duchy, Casale passed to Savoy in 1713. It is today part of Italy.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 8.43 g.

Catalog reference: Varesi 216.

Source:

• ^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

Link to:

• Casale (1494-1518) teston, Guglielmo II Palacologo
• Casale (1494-1518) scudo d'oro Fr-168
• Coins and currency dated 1518