1075292 | SWISS CANTONS. Chur. Giacomo III Mandelli. 1622 AV Ducat (Zecchino). NGC XF DetailsRemoved from jewelry. Maccagno mint. 3.12gm. MON NO AVR C IA CVR REG/ 1–622. Date to either side of St. Luke, standing, holding an orb in his right hand and staff with a globe in his left hand / FER II IM SEMP AVGHVST. Double-headed imperial eagle with crowned large cross between both necks. Unlisted in KM; Fr.-505 (Under Italy as a Zecchino), MIR-335 (R3).

Based on a Goldgulden of the Swiss city of Chur. Some flattening to rims as evidenced from the designation.

Ex-Numismatica Varesi Auction 76, 5 May 2020, Lot 113; Ex-Nomisma S.p.a. Auction 63, 1 July 2021, Lot 700 (hammer €9700).


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The Maccagno county, situated in Lombardy, had been in possession of the Mandelli family since 960 when it became an Imperial Fief by Emperor Otto the Great. The present offering was issued in the name of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II. The ruler of Maccagno at the time was Giacomo III Mandelli, who had received the privilege to mint coins in from the Emperor to mint coins in its fief.
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