Correggio 1617 testone
This specimen was lot 1835 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabruck, June 2015), where it sold for €1,900 (about US$2,455 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"CORREGGIO Siro d'Austria, 1616-1630. Testone (Lira da 24 Soldi) 1617. Beischlag zu den Dicken von Luzern. Von großer Seltenheit. Dunkle Patina, leichte Prägeschwäche, sehr schön. (Italy, Correggio, Siro of Austria, 1616-30, teston of 1617, struck over a dicken of Luzern, Switzerland. Very rare, dark toning, lightly cleaned, very fine.)"
The county of Correggio (home of the painter Antonio Allegri (1489-1534), called Correggio) was annexed to the duchy of Modena in 1659 wherein we have filed this coin. The SCWC lists no issues from this locale.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Lusuardi 77; Varesi 177 (R3), KM unlisted.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
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