Tassarolo 1666 luigino
This specimen was lot 1433 in Jean Elsen sale 121 (Brussels, June 2014), where it sold for €80 (about US$128 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ITALIE, TASSAROLO, Livia Centurioni Oltremarini, épouse de Filippo Spinola (1616-1688), AR luigino, 1666, Droit: B. féminin à droite. Revers: Ecu aux trois lis et lambel sous une couronne. Superbe. (Itally, Tassarolo, Livia Centurioni Oltremarini, wife of Filippo Spinola (1616-1688), silver luigino of 1666. Obverse: feminine bust to right; reverse: shield with three fleurs-de-lys and label under a crown. Extremely fine.)"
Tassarolo is a tiny region in Genoa, today claiming less than a thousand souls. This coin was struck in imitation of the French twelfth écu, then having a brief vogue in the Levantine trade.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver; this specimen is 2,31 g.
Catalog reference: Cammarano, 368; CNI II, 411, 4, KM 52.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 121, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2014.
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