Ragusa 1723 ducato
This specimen was lot 3185 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description[1] noted, "RAGUSA: Republic, AR ducato, 1723-SB, Crowned ornate arms // St. Blasius standing facing, holding crozier, a couple light scratches on the reverse, About VF, ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection." The Republic of Ragusa was a Christian enclave on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. In the eighteenth century, it was an independent city-state surrounded and protected by the Ottoman Empire, which ruled most of the Balkans. This type is listed for 1723 and 1797. The "SB" is not a mintmark but an abbreviation of "Saint Blasius", who figures on the obverse. The ducato was two-thirds of a tallero, the crown-size coin.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 19.5 g, 0.566 fine silver, ornamented edge.
Catalog reference: KM-15.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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