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This specimen was lot 5140 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,047 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Carlo I. 1627-1637. Scudo o. J. (1630), geprägt während der Belagerung im Mantuanischen Erbfolgekrieg, 1629-1630. NIHIL · ISTO - T - R - ISTE · RECEPTO St. Andreas mit Kreuz steht v. v. im Abschnitt · MAN · OBSES ·//(Hostiengefäß) DOMINE · PROBASTI · ME · TE(verschlungen) · COGNOVISTI · ME Schmelztiegel mit Silberzainen in loderndem Feuer. RR Unregelmäßiger Schrötling, sehr schön. Aus der Sammlung Eberhard Link. Exemplar der Auktion Auctiones 17, Basel 1988, Nr. 1294.'' ([[Italy]], [[Italy, Mantua|duchy of Mantua]], Charles I, 1627-37, undated scudo, struck during the siege of the War of the Mantuan Succession, 1629-30. Obverse: St. Andrew with his cross; reverse: crowned arms in flames. Very rare, irregular edge, very fine.)"</blockquote> This siege coin accompanied another scudo ([[Mantua (1629) scudo Dav-3956|Dav-3956]]) and a half scudo ([[Mantua (1629) 1/2 scudo|KM 134]]).
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This specimen was lot 5140 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,047 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Carlo I. 1627-1637. Scudo o. J. (1630), geprägt während der Belagerung im Mantuanischen Erbfolgekrieg, 1629-1630. NIHIL · ISTO - T - R - ISTE · RECEPTO St. Andreas mit Kreuz steht v. v. im Abschnitt · MAN · OBSES ·//(Hostiengefäß) DOMINE · PROBASTI · ME · TE(verschlungen) · COGNOVISTI · ME Schmelztiegel mit Silberzainen in loderndem Feuer. RR Unregelmäßiger Schrötling, sehr schön. Aus der Sammlung Eberhard Link. Exemplar der Auktion Auctiones 17, Basel 1988, Nr. 1294.'' ([[Italy]], [[Italy, Mantua|duchy of Mantua]], Charles I, 1627-37, undated scudo, struck during the siege of the War of the Mantuan Succession, 1629-30. Obverse: St. Andrew with his cross; reverse: crowned arms in flames. Very rare, irregular edge, very fine.)"</blockquote> This siege coin accompanied another scudo ([[Mantua (1629) scudo Dav-3956|Dav-3956]]) and a half scudo ([[Mantua (1629) 1/2 scudo|KM 134]]).
  
 
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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Latest revision as of 18:22, 28 November 2024

Künker sale 335, lot 5140

This specimen was lot 5140 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,047 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Carlo I. 1627-1637. Scudo o. J. (1630), geprägt während der Belagerung im Mantuanischen Erbfolgekrieg, 1629-1630. NIHIL · ISTO - T - R - ISTE · RECEPTO St. Andreas mit Kreuz steht v. v. im Abschnitt · MAN · OBSES ·//(Hostiengefäß) DOMINE · PROBASTI · ME · TE(verschlungen) · COGNOVISTI · ME Schmelztiegel mit Silberzainen in loderndem Feuer. RR Unregelmäßiger Schrötling, sehr schön. Aus der Sammlung Eberhard Link. Exemplar der Auktion Auctiones 17, Basel 1988, Nr. 1294. (Italy, duchy of Mantua, Charles I, 1627-37, undated scudo, struck during the siege of the War of the Mantuan Succession, 1629-30. Obverse: St. Andrew with his cross; reverse: crowned arms in flames. Very rare, irregular edge, very fine.)"

This siege coin accompanied another scudo (Dav-3956) and a half scudo (KM 134).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon, 17.52-21.29 g, 41 mm diameter, this specimen 20,39 g.

Catalog reference: Bignotti S. 99, 3 NOTE (R2); Brause-Mansfeld Tf. 28, 8; Dav-3957; Varesi 661/1 (R2); Engel/Fabre/Perret/Wattier 4.12.13.12; KM 139.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • Korchnak, Lawrence C., Siege Coins of the World, 1453-1902, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2021.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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