Naples (1501-03) ducat Fr-826
This specimen was lot 527 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €20,000 (about US$25,946 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ITALIEN, NEAPEL UND SIZILIEN, Ludwig XII. von Frankreich, 1501-1503. Ducato o. J. Neapel. LVDO ° FRAN ° REGNI Q NEAP ° R Gekrönte Büste r. mit umgelegtem Mantel//PERDAM ° BABILLONIS ° NOMEN Gekrönter Wappenschild. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Gut ausgeprägt, min. gewellt, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Italy, Naples, Louis XII of France, 1501-03, undated ducat, Naples mint. Obverse: mantled and crowned bust. Extremely rare, especially in this quality. Well struck, slightly wavy, very fine to extremely fine.)"
Louis XII spent several years in Italy with Milan as his base. He managed to occupy Naples in 1501 but was forced to yield it to the Spanish in 1503, who held it until the extinction of the Hapsburgs in 1700.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.44 g.
Catalog reference: Fabrizi 111/1; Fr-826; Pannuti/Riccio 2.
- Fabrizi, Davide, Monete Italiane Regionale: Napoli, Pavia: Edizioni Numismatica Varesi, 2010.
- 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 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
Link to:
- Naples (1494-95) ducat Fr-820 Alfonso II
- Naples (1496-1501)-T carlino, Federico II
- Naples and Sicily (1504) ducat Fr-827 Ferdinand and Isabella
- Coins and currency dated 1501