Parma 1556 scudo d'oro Fr-890
This specimen was lot 582 in Sincona sale 46 (Zürich, May 2018), where it sold for 1,000 CHF (about US$1,200 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ITALY, Parma, Ottavio Farnese, 1547-1586. Scudo doro 1556. Gutes sehr schön. (duchy of Parma, Octavius Farnese, 1547-86, gold scudo of 1556. Good very fine.)"
Parma was long attached to the duchy of Milan but while Milan was occupied by the French in the 1510's, Parma was seized by the pope. It remained a papal fief until pope Paul III granted it to his son Pier Luigi Farnese (r. 1545-47), who established a line there that survived until the eighteenth century. Ottavio Farnese, mentioned on this coin, was the son of Pier Luigi.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 3.32 g.
Catalog reference: MIR 924/3. Fr-890.
- 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]Richter, Jürg, Auction 46, Gold Coins and Medals, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2018.
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