Milan 1736 filippo Dav-1382
This specimen was lot 5041 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,926 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ITALIEN, MAILAND Karl III. (VI.) von Habsburg, 1706-1711-1740. Filippo 1736, Mailand. RR Feine Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung Kommerzialrat Dr. Herbert Wenzel, Wien. Exemplar der Slg. Karl Hollschek, Austria in Nummis, 3. Teil, Wien, Juni 1957, Nr. 3849. (Italy, duchy of Milan, Charles III (VI) of Hapsburg, 1711-40, filippo of 1736, Milan mint. Very rare, fine patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"
The duchy of Milan was under Spanish administration from the time of Charles I (1516-56) to the death of Charles II in 1700. Philip V, grandson of Louis XIV, became king of Spain but under the terms of the treaty of Utrecht of 1713, was forced to cede Milan to the Austrians, who ruled it until the coming of Napoleon. The SCWC lists the years 1728, 1733 and 1736 with the comment, "Some dates listed by Davenport do not exist." Milanese coins of the period are notably cruder than those of her Italian neighbors. Quality improved after the accession of Maria Theresia in 1740.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 42-43 mm diameter, this specimen 27,74 g.
Catalog reference: KM 148, Crippa 11/C (R3); Dav-1382; Toffanin 403/3 (RRR).
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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