Mantua (1629) 1/2 scudo

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Künker sale 335, lot 5137

This specimen was lot 5137 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$3,926 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"ITALIEN, MANTUA, Carlo I. 1627-1637. 1/2 Scudo o. J. (1629), geprägt während der Belagerung im Mantuanischen Erbfolgekrieg, 1629-1630. St. Andreas mit Kreuz steht v. v. im Abschnitt · MANTVÆ ·//Schmelztiegel mit Silberzainen in loderndem Feuer. Engel/Fabre/Perret/Wattier 4.12.13.3. Von großer Seltenheit. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, sehr schön. Aus der Sammlung Eberhard Link. Exemplar der Auktion Aretusa 4, Lugano 1996, Nr. 1155. (Italy, duchy of Mantua, Charles I, 1627-37, undated half scudo, struck during the siege of the War of the Mantuan Succession, 1629-30. Obverse: St. Andrew with his cross; reverse: crowned arms in flames. Very rare, edge cracks, very fine.)"

This siege coin accompanied several scudi (Dav-3956 and Dav-3957).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon, 11.94-13.01 g, 33 mm diameter, this specimen 12,64 g.

Catalog reference: Bignotti S. 99, 5 (R3); Brause-Mansfeld Tf. 28, 9; Varesi 664 (R2); KM 134.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Korchnak, Lawrence C., Siege Coins of the World, 1453-1902, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2021.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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