Naples and Sicily 1649-GAC N scudo d'oro Fr-841
This specimen was lot 528 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €6,000 (about US$7,784 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ITALIEN, NEAPEL UND SIZILIEN, Philipp IV. von Spanien, 1621-1647. Scudo d'oro 1649, Neapel. Mit Münzmeisterzeichen GAC/N (Giovanni Andrea Cavo). GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Feine Goldpatina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Italy, Naples and Sicily, Philip IV of Spain, 1621-47, gold scudo of 1649, Naples mint, with initials GAC N. extremely rare, fine gold patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type is also recorded for 1642 and 1647.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.38 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3.36 g.
Catalog reference: KM 80, Pannuti/Riccio 13; Fr-841.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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.
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