Modena 1608 doppia Fr-765
This specimen was lot 1136 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €22,000 (about US$31,152 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"EUROPÄISCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · MODENA Cesare d'Este, 1598-1628. Doppia 1608 (Jahreszahl im Stempel aus 1606 geändert). CAESAR DVX MVT REG C · S · T · Brustbild r. mit umgelegtem Mantel//* OMNIA * - * VINCIT * Die Personifizierte Geduld steht v. v. mit verschränkten Armen. GOLD. Von größter Seltenheit. Winz. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Sammlung Enrico Caruso, Auktion Canessa, 28. Juni 1923, Nr. 857; der Slg. Nobile Familia, Auktion Michele Baranowsky, Mailand 1931, Nr. 1797; der Slg. Conte Alessandro Magnaguti (6. Teil), Auktion Santamaria, Rom, 4. Januar 1954, Nr. 299 (von 1606) und der Auktion MDC 9, Monaco 2022, Nr. 1007. (Italy, duchy of Modena, Cesar of Este, 1598-1628, doppia of 1608, 1608/6 overdate. Obverse: mantled bust right; reverse: Patience personified stands with arms crossed. Extremely rare, planchet defects, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1605-09 and all dates are rare. The specification given below is that of a double ducat; we suspect this coin is a little lighter but the auctioneers did not report the weight. The SCWC lists this item using the Friedberg number.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-765; Varesi 669/3 (R3).
- 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]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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