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[[Image:Ferrara c1475 teston obv P177-13234.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 177, lot 13234]]
[[Image:Ferrara c1475 teston rev P177-13234.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Stacks Bowers LLC]]
[[Image:Ferrara 1494.JPG|450px|thumb|the duchy of Ferrara in 1494]]

This specimen was lot 13234 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $10,575. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Italy|ITALY]]. Ferrara. Teston, ND. NGC EF-45. Classic Rarity of the Italian Renaissance. Ercole I d'Este (1471-1505). Toned and very attractive. From the Demarete Collection." 

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver.

''Catalog reference:'' CNI-X, pg.436#26; Biaggi-770. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins,'' Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013. 

''Link to:''
* [[Ferrara (1471-1505) teston Biaggi-769]]
* [[Ferrara (1471-1505) ducat Fr-265]]
* [[Ferrara (1474) grossone|(1474) grossone]]
* [[Ferrara (1509) testone]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1471]]
* return to coins of [[Italy, Ferrara]]

[[Category:Selections from Ponterio sales 176, 177, 178]]