Maccagno 1622 ducat Fr-498
This specimen was lot 1414 in Jean Elsen sale 121 (Brussels, June 2014), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"ITALIE, MACCAGNO, Giacomo III Mandelli (1618-1645), ducat anonyme, 1622, Droit: MONE· AVRE- CO· II· MA 1622 Ecu à trois lions cimé d'un heaume. Revers: NISI· DOMINVS· VOBISCVM 1622 Aigle bicéphale éployée et couronnée. Extrêmement Rare. De faible titre. Griffe au revers. presque Très Beau. (Italy, city of Maccagno, William III (1618-45), anonymous ducat of 1622.)"
Giacamo Mandelli of Maccagno, an otherwise unremarkable Italian nobleman, briefly exercised his mint right in the early 1620's, producing about fifteen different ducats (Fr-494 thru Fr-508) before retiring into obscurity. Maccagno, today a town of about 2000 people, lies on Lake Maggiore on the border with Switzerland. In the seventeenth century, it was part of the duchy of Milan.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 3,44 g.
Catalog reference: CNI IV, 212, 18 var; MIR 337, Fr-498.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 121, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2014.
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