Massa di Lunigiana 1667 7 bolognini KM-40

from the Stack's Bowers 2019 NYINC sale, lot 43357

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

Florence in the late fifteenth century, with Massa to the south of Carrara

This specimen was lot 43357 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), where it sold for $780. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ITALY. Massa Di Lunigiano. 7 Bolognini, 1667. Alberico II Cybo Malaspina (1664-90). NGC EF Details--Mount Removed. Two year type. Fully detailed with dark gray to charcoal toning. What appears to be a mount removal (but is possibly just a planchet imperfection in a bad location) is visible on the obverse edge at six o'clock. RARE and highly coveted as a type with the only two offerings that have appeared in archived auction records (both for moderately circulated examples) bringing hammer prices of 2,000 CHF and 1,800 EUR when they were sold in 2018 and 2015 respectively." Modena lies between Parma and Ferrara, and the town of Massa lies in the south of the duchy, near Carrara. Eight bolognini made a luigino, a denomination equal to the French twelfth écu which was briefly popular in the seventeenth century for the Levant trade.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.13 g, silver.

Catalog reference: KM-40; MIR-326.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, Matt Orsini and Cris Chatigny, The January 2019 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

Link to:

• France 1664-& 1/12 ecu
• Dombes 1665-A 1/12 ecu
• Torriglia 1665 luigino
• Tassarolo 1666 luigino
• Genoa 1668 luigino
• Fosdinovo 1669 luigino
• Massa di Lunigiana 1664 8 bolognini KM-39
• Coins and currency dated 1667
• return to coins of the Italy, Modena