Ragusa 1735 tallero Dav-1636
This specimen was lot 6306 in CNG Triton XXVIII (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $1,592.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "CROATIA, Adriatic Coastal Cities. Ragusa (Dubrovnik). Republic of Ragusa. 1358-1807/1814. AR Talir – Taler. Dated 1735. Half-length bust of San Blasius right, wearing episcopal regalia, raising hand in benediction and holding crozier and model of city; S B across upper field / Crowned coat-of-arms on crossed sword and scepter. Toned, edge marks, adjustment marks. VF. Rare. From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex Harmer-Rooke (19 January 1978), lot 495." 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. Ragusa was occupied by French troops in 1805 and annexed by Austria in 1814. The SCWC notes this type for 1725, 1730-38, 1743 and 1747.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.5 g, silver, this specimen 44 mm diameter, 28.28 g, 6 h axis.
Catalog reference: Viščević 14.11; KM 16; Davenport 1636.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Gasvoda, Michael, Victor England, Eric McFadden, Dave Michaels, Bill Dalzell and Lance Hickman, Triton XXVIII, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, LLC, 2024.
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