Piacenza 1612-PP doppia Fr-906
This specimen was lot 20383 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $13,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "ITALY. Parma & Piacenza. Doppia, 1612-PP. Ranuccio I Farnese. NGC EF Details--Polished. Struck for Piacenza. Obverse: RANVT FAR PLA P DVX IV S R E CON P, bareheaded and armored bust left; Reverse: PELLIT ET ATRAHIT, personification of the winds blowing clouds leftward. Still presenting great detail, this INCREDIBLY RARE offering is seemingly unrivaled even in light of the polishing to its surfaces. The allegorical nature of the reverse in particular grabs the gaze of the viewer, the wildly disheveled hair of the winds billowing behind as its blows forth a mighty gust. An ultimate piece for those assembling alluring rarities in gold." A doppia was a double scudo d'oro. As the scudo d'oro was lighter than a ducat, its double was also lighter than a double ducat. This rare type is listed for 1612 and undated. It is unpriced in the SCWC. A double doppie also exists (Fr-907).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.62 g, gold, 27 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-906; KM-MB-37.
- 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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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