| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 989 Price realized: 3,750 USD (Approx. 3,435 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: ITALY, Ferrara (Duchy). Ercole I d'Este. 1471-1505. AR Quarto – Testone (29mm, 9.68 g, 10h). Final emission, struck after 1498(?). Bare head left / Classical horseman riding right, with flowing cloak and extended right hand. Belessia 19/G; MIR 254. Some light scratches under delicate toning. Good VF. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 556 (July 1992), no. 182. This beautiful and rare type bears a delicate portrait of Ercole on the obverse and Christ rising triumphantly from the grave on the reverse. In 1925 Hans Nussbaum suggested that the reverse was derived from a 15th century fresco, attributed to the school of Pisanello, in the Oratory of the Annunciation in Ferrara. Estimate: 3000 USD |  |
