Tassarolo (1604-16) ongaro Fr-1177
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This specimen was lot 3578 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,575 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ITALIEN, TASSAROLO, Agostino Spinola, 1604-1616. Ongaro (Dukat nach ungarischem Vorbild) o. J. . GOLD. RR Sehr schön. (Italy, county of Tassarolo, Augustine Spinola, 1604-16, undated ongaro or ducat of the Hungarian type. Very rare, very fine.)"
Tassarolo is a tiny region in Genoa, today claiming less than a thousand souls. Many varieties exist of this issue.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.40 g.
Catalog reference: KM 13.1 (family arms) or KM 13.2 (Austrian arms, shown here), Fr-1177; Varesi 959/1.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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