Ferrara (1559-75) sesino
This specimen was lot 3170 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "FERRARA: Alfonso II d'Este, 1559-1597, AE sesino, ND, bust left with ALFONSVS II DVX around // crowned spread eagle with head left and FER - RARIAE - E C around, plain edge, PCGS graded EF45, R (MIR)." Numista states one scudo was worth 40 sesini or 240 denari. Numista says this is the first bust of the duke, likely used in the first half of his reign. Alfonso II d'Este (1533-97) died without heirs, whereupon the pope seized Ferrara and incorporated it into the Papal States.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.9 g, billon, 16 mm diameter, this specimen 1.26 g.
Catalog reference: MIR-323.
- Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
Links:
- Ferrara (1542) bianco
- Ferrara (1576-80) diamante = 3 soldi
- Ferrara (1576-81) scudo d'oro Fr-272 Alfonso II d'Este
- Coins and currency dated 1559