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Auction: 13039 - World Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 259

(x) Italy, Genoa, Biennial Doges (third period, dated coinage 1637-1749), 5-Doppie, 33.23g, 1649 (Jacopo de Franchi), et * rege * eos 1649 * ib * n **, the Madonna and Child seated on clouds, the Madonna with an aureola of seven stars and holding a sceptre in her right hand, rev. + dvx * et * gvb * reip * genv *, cross, stars in angles (CNI 363,4; F.427; MIR 257/12 - R3), extremely fine, very rare

Pesce noted that this 5-Doppie, of which there are 24 different dates recorded, is the largest gold coin used 'for ordinary commercial transactions'.

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Sold for
£28,000