Lombardy-Venetia 1828-M scudo Dav-8
This specimen was lot 1951 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €4,200 (about US$5,947 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · KAISERREICH ÖSTERREICH, Franz I., 1804-1835. Scudo 1828 M, Mailand. Äußerst selten, nur wenige Exemplare bekannt. Hübsche Patina, fast vorzüglich/vorzüglich. (Holy Roman Empire, Francis I, 1804-35, scudo of 1828, Milan mint. Very rare, with only a few examples known. Handsome patina, about extremely fine.)"
The kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia was assembled by the Austrians to provide a unified administration for the Italian territories under their rule. This comprised the former duchies of Milan and Mantua and the republic of Venice. Milan, under Spanish rule from the 1500's, fell to the Austrians in 1714 and held by them until 1797 when Napoleon seized it. Napoleon gave Venice (until then independent) to Austria as compensation for her loss of Milan and Belgium. The area passed back and forth between the French and Austrians until the Congress of Vienna in 1814-15, when Metternich awarded it to Austria. Austria ruled it until 1866, when it passed to the new kingdom of Italy. This type was issued at Vienna 1821-24 and 1835; from Venice 1822-32; and Milan, 1822-31. The denomination was last struck in 1853.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 26 g, 0.900 fine silver, 39 mm diameter, lettered edge, this specimen 25,91 g.
Catalog reference: KM C8.1, Dav-8; J. 228.
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- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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