Ronco 1669 scudo Dav-4142
This specimen was lot 3439 in Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung Auction 221 (March 2014) where it sold for 42,000 EUR. The lot description noted, "ITALIEN, TASSAROLO, Ronco Scrivia Napoleone Spinola, 1647 - 1672. AR Scudo (Spadino) 1669. RRR! Fast St. (county of Ronco, Napoleone Spinola, 1647-72, silver scudo of 1669. Very rare, about uncirculated.)" Ronco lies in the north of the republic of Genoa. The counts struck a few scudi there before closing the mint in 1699.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.90-37.50 g, silver, this specimen 28,83 g.
Catalog reference: M.I.R. 506. CNI 8. Gamberini 778, KM 15, Dav-4146.
- 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.
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