Parpagliola - Ferdinando Countermarked
© Leandro Tavares
Features
| Issuer |
Duchy of Mantua
(Italian States)  |
|---|---|
| Duke |
Ferdinand I (1612-1626)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1615-1626 |
| Value | 5 Soldi (1⁄32) |
| Currency | Scudo |
| Composition | Bilon |
| Weight | 1.6 g |
| Diameter | 20 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Technique | Countermarked |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 442317 |
| References | MIR LOM# 617a Alberto Varesi; 2000. Monete Italiane Regionali / Volume 1. Lombardia, zecche minori (2nd Edition). Numismatica Varesi, Pavia, Italy.Victor Emmanuel of Savoy; 1917. Corpus Nummorum Italicorum / Volume 8. Veneto (Venezia, Parte II – da Leonardo Dona' alla chiusura della zecca): Primo tentativo di un Catalogo generale delle monete medievali e moderne coniate in Italia o da Italiani in altri paesi. Carlo Colombo, Rome, Italy. |
Obverse
(en) Two kneeling angels, facing each other, hold the reliquary of the Most Precious Blood (Preziosissimo Sangue). Countermark: head of Virgil. MANTVA in exergue.
Script: łaciński
Lettering: TABER •SANG •XPI •IESV
Reverse
(en) Our Lady of Grace (Madonna) facing forward with her head veiled and haloed, supports with her left arm the Baby Jesus with his head haloed.
Script: łaciński
Lettering: •MARIA •MATER •GRATIÆ •
Comments
(en)
Lorenzo Bellesia in the article “Le madonnine contromarcate di Mantova” (The countermarked madonnine of Mantua) published in Panorama Numismatico 148 of January 2001, reveals the meaning of the countermark with a small head of Virgil present on the obverse of several specimens: this countermark was applied in an attempt to stem the large mass of fake coins (probably issued by the nearby mint of Novellara) that had poured onto the market.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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