Desana (1525-33) testone

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Sincona sale 83, lot 4518

This specimen was lot 4518 in Sincona sale 83 (Zürich, May 2023), where it sold for 650 CHF (about US$870 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Giovanni Bartolomeo Tizzone, 1525-1533. Testone o. J. (nach 1525), Desana. Einköpfiger Adler nach links. . IO . BART ~ . TICIO . CO . DECI . VIC . IMP . (Krone) . Rv. Stehender Heiliger mit Nimbus in Rüstung von vorne, in der Rechten einen Fahnenwimpel, in der Linken ein Schwert haltend. + . SANCTVS : ALEXANDER ~ . . Selten. Gutes sehr schön. Leicht poröser Schrötling und Adlerkopf minimal bearbeitet (John Bartholemew Tizzone, 1525-33, undated testone from the first quarter of the sixteenth century. Obverse: single headed eagle to left; reverse: standing saint with halo, armored and holding a pennant and a sword. Rare, Good very fine, Slightly porous flan and eagle's head minimally tooled). Exemplar aus Astarte, Lugano, Auktion 6, Lot 669. Beischlag zum Testone von Michele Antonio Saluzzo aus der Münzstätte Carmagnola. (Supplement to the testone by Michele Antonio Saluzzo from the Carmagnola mint)"

Today Desana is an insignificant village in the Piedmont region of Italy, population 1,085 as of 2004. It was a semi-independent enclave in the duchy of Savoy, ruled by the Tizzoni 1411-1693. A mint was opened in 1510 to strike imitations of coins of neighboring states.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen is 9.52 g.

Catalog reference: MIR (Piemonte) 463.

Source:

  • [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 83, World and Swiss Coins and Medals, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2023.

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