Casale 1591 ducatone Dav-8262
This specimen was lot 1337 in Bolaffi Spa Auction 43 (Turin, June 2023) where it sold for 1,700 EUR (about US$2,224 including buyer's fees). The lot description noted,
"Monete di Zecche Italiane, Casale, Vincenzo I Gonzaga (1587-1612) - Ducatone 1591 - Diritto: busto corazzato del Duca a destra - Rovescio: San Giorgio a cavallo verso destra nell'atto di trafiggere il drago - Rara - q.SPL. (Casale, Vincenzo Gonzaga I, 1587-1612, ducatone of 1591. obverse: armored bust of the duke to right; reverse: St. George lances the dragon. Rare, about extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1591-99 and, altho scarce, is common compared to the other exceedingly rare crowns of this state. The design was also struck in 1601 where it is catalogued as Dav-3862. 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. There are also half and quarter ducatone.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 27,50 g.
Catalog reference: C.N.I. II/160/19, Ravegnani II/68/20, KM MB223, Dav-8262.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
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