Correggio (1616-30) 8 soldi KM-29
This specimen was lot 4738 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,362 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ITALIEN, CORREGGIO, Siro d'Austria, 1616-1630. 8 Soldi o. J. RR Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Italy, county of Correggio, Siro of Austria, 1616-30, undated eight soldi. Very rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"
Another eight soldi issued by this prince (KM 30) featured the reverse legend, "VBERV. TVOR. MEMORES." The counts, later princes, of Correggio used their mint to strike imitations of other coins. In 1630, Siro d'Austria was fined by emperor Ferdinand for uttering false coin and he was forced to sell his principality to the duke of Modena.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 3.47 g.
Catalog reference: KM 29; Varesi 191 (R3); Lusuardi 89.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [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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