Mantua (1550-87) scudo d'oro Fr-534
This specimen was lot 2109 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €1,000 (about US$1,376 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ITALIEN, MANTUA Guglielmo, 1550-1587. Scudo d'oro del Sole o. J. GOLD. RR Attraktives Exemplar, leicht gewellt, fast vorzüglich. Erworben bei der Degussa, Frankfurt am Main. (Italy, duchy of Mantua, William, 1550-87, undated gold scudo of the sun. Very rare, attractive example, slightly wavy, about extremely fine.)"
Guglielmo Gonzaga was duke of Mantua 1550-87 and duke of Montferrat 1574-87 and a patron of composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3,31 g.
Catalog reference: Bignotti 9 (R2); Varesi 505 (R2); Fr-534.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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