Genoa (1339-44) terzarola Fr-355
This specimen was lot 7518 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $456. The catalog description[1] noted, "ITALY. Genoa. Terzarola, ND (1339-44). Doge Simon Boccanegra. PCGS Genuine--Environmental Damage, Unc Details. A RARE issue with somewhat rough surfaces from pitting, but a fair amount of remaining detail. This coin has been struck with two reverses." The genovino, first issued in the thirteenth century, would later be renamed the ducat after the Venetian gold coin of the same weight and purity. The terzarola was one-third of the genovino. The denomination was struck again by doge Carlo VI (1396-1409), who was also king of France.
Specification: this specimen 1.21 g, 14 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-355.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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