Piacenza 1585-PC doppia Fr-894

Stack's Bowers 2014 ANA sale, lot 1176

This specimen was lot 1176 in Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Chicago, August 2014), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ITALY. Piacenza. Doppia con Data, 1585-PC. Ottavio Farnese (1556-86). Some natural planchet flaws. Lightly cleaned. VERY RARE. ALMOST UNCIRCULATED." As a doppia was a double scudo, a two doppie was four scudi d'oro. Friedberg notes this scarce type for 1585-89.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold, .221 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-894; Varesi-1117/3; CNI-14; Nomisma-76.

Source:

• 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]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2014 Chicago ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the David O'Harrow Collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

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