Catalonia (1493)-BB 2 ducats Fr-31

Aureo y Calicó sale 448, lot 83

This specimen was lot 83 in Aureo y Calicó sale 448 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 28,000 € (about US$36,577 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "Ferran II (1479-1516). Barcelona. Double principat. Obv.: Bust right, behind, escutcheon of the Sanchezes. FERDINANDVS:DEI:GRACIA●REX●. Rev.: Coat of arms between B and B with the arms of Sicily-Catalonia-Naples tierced vertically. ARAGONVM*COMES BARCh. Nice. Lovely color. Very rare, especially in this condition. EBC- [about extremely fine]. Ex Aureo & Calico Selection 2019, no. 106. Ex Golf Collection. Purchased by Xavier Calicó in a private deal in 1972." This rare type was issued by Ferdinand of Aragon just before he and his wife Isabella issued a unified gold coinage based on the excelente.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.98 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6.99 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-2338, Fr-31, Cru.V.S. 1128, Cru.C.G. 3059b, AC-127, same example.

Sources:

• Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
• Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
• 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.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.

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