Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 560Auction date: 17 April 2024
Lot number: 856

Price realized: 2,250 USD   (Approx. 2,116 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


ITALY, Ferrara (Duchy). Ercole II d'Este. 1534-1559. AR Quarto – Testone (29mm, 9.61 g, 4h). First emission. Dated 1534. Cuirassed bust left / Dove above group of people with Virgin and infant Christ at center. Bellesia 6/B; MIR 291. Toned, chased, some lacquer, scattered marks and scratches, porosity, holed and plugged, removed from mount. Near VF. Rare.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Varesi 77 (22 January 2021), lot 4 (hammer €3300).


Estimate: 2000 USD