Sicily 1610-DC scudo Dav-4041
This specimen was lot 1265 in Aureo y Calicó sale 391 (Barcelona, June 2022), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,508 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1610. Felipe III. Messina. DC. 1 escudo. Ordinal del rey IIIII por doble acuñación. Grieta, pero ejemplar muy atractivo. Brillo original. Ex Colección Rocaberti, Áureo 19/05/1992, nº 371. Ex Colección Balsach. Ex Áureo & Calicó 31/05/2018, nº 536. Rara y más así. EBC. (kingdom of Sicily, Philip III, one scudo of 1610, Messina mint. King's ordinal appears as IIIII due to double strike. Pitted, yet still attractive with mint luster. Rare thus, extremely fine.)"
The portrait is of Philip III of Spain. The Spanish Hapsburgs ruled Naples and Sicily as part of their Aragonese inheritance from the death of Ferdinand the Catholic in 1517 until the death of Charles II in 1700. This type was struck at Messina 1610-12 and all dates are rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 31.47-31.60 g, silver, 39-42 mm diameter, this specimen 31,37 g.
Catalog reference: KM 15, Vti. 152, MIR. 343/1, Dav-4041.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Fabrizi, Davide, Monete Italiane Regionale: Napoli, Pavia: Edizioni Numismatica Varesi, 2010.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismática 391, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2022.
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