Casale 1628 ducatone Dav-3871
This specimen was lot 207 in Bolaffi Spa Auction 42 (Turin, December 2022) where it sold for 900 EUR (about US$1,145 including buyer's fees). The lot description noted,
"Monete di Zecche Italiane-Casale, Carlo I Gonzaga Nevers (1627-1637) - Ducatone ossidionale 1628 - Zecca: Casale - Diritto: legenda su 4 righe entro cartella ornata di fregi - Rovescio: stemma coronato - Estremamente rara - Usuali debolezze di conio, altrimenti BB. (Casale, Charles of Gonzaga-Nevers, 1627-37, siege ducatone of 1628, Casale mint. Obverse: legend in four lines in ornate cartouche; reverse: crowned arms. Usual weak strike, otherwise very fine.)"
Careful study shows a weak "R XII" above the cartouche, marking this example KM 50.1/Dav-3871. Others lack this mark of value (KM 50.3/Dav-3871B). 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. All of the talleros and ducatones issued therefrom are rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 32.16 g, silver, this specimen 22,87 g.
Catalog reference: C.N.I. II/189/1, Biaggi Piem. II/834/1118, KM 50.1, Dav-3871.
- 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, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- Korchnak, Lawrence C., Siege Coins of the World, 1453-1902, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2021.
Link to:
- Casale (1612-26) tallero Dav-3870
- Casale 1617-CG ducatone Dav-3868
- Mantua (1629) scudo Dav-3956, struck during the siege of the War of the Mantuan Succession, 1629-30
- Casale 1630 20 florins siege coinage
- Casale 1661 soldo
- Coins and currency dated 1628
- return to coins of Italy, Mantua