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Auction: 13039 - World Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 253

(x) Italy, Genoa, Biennial Doges (second period, dated coinage 1541-1637), 5-Doppie, 33.30g, 1616 (Bernardo Clavarezza), dvx * et * gvb' * reip' gen'*, castle gate between crosses, date below, rev. + conradvs * ii * ro' * rex * i * z, cross, stars in angles, mint master Joseph Zinus (CNI.321,1; F.416; MIR 200/3 - R4), extremely fine, very rare

Eight examples of this coin are listed in the Corpus, dated 1613 (2), 1615 (2), 1616, 1620,1623, and the last, dated 1633 and weighing 33.26g, is described as a 10-Scudi. The example listed for 1616 (presumably reported but not confirmed as it is listed as 'da 5 doppie?') is reported as being in the Museo Imperiale, Vienna, so the coin offered here is another example.

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£19,000