Navarre (1493)-P P ducat
This specimen was lot 34492 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. Perpinya (Perpignan). Ducado, ND (1479-1516)-P P. Perpinya Mint. Ferdinand II. PCGS Genuine--Environmental Damage, AU Details. Obverse: Crowned bust right, wearing ruffled collar; Reverse: Crowned coat-of-arms. Though exhibiting some dark spotting on the obverse and reverse accounting for the details designation, this EXCEEDINGLY RARE type emanates from the Duchy of Perpinya (Perpignan), a little-seen peerage of the Aragonese king, Ferdinand II. Fairly sharp overall, with just some light wear in spots upon the high points. Mostly golden-orange throughout, with some tinges of amber." Fernando el Catolico had similar ducats struck in Barcelona, Mallorca and Valencia. Cayón states this issue should bear a "q" mark behind the king's head; we see a horseshoe here.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.46 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-2328, cf. Fr-32 (for a similar issue from Catalonia); Cal-110.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
- Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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