Casale 1595 ducatone Dav-8262
This specimen was lot 4736 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €950 (about US$1,247 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ITALIEN, CASALE-MONTFERRAT, Vincenzo I. Gonzaga, 1587-1612. Ducatone 1595. RR Kratzer im Feld der Vorderseite, sehr schön. (Italy, marquisate of Casale, Vincent Gonzaga, 1587-1612, ducatone of 1595. Rare, obverse scratch, very 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 29.57 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB223, Dav-8262; Varesi 291/5.
- 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.
- [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.
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