fwo_487629 - ITALY - PIEDMONT - CASALE - WILLIAM OF MANTUA Quarto 1577 Casale
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Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 180.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 180.00 €
Type : Quarto
Date: 1577
Mint name / Town : Casale
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,79 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire très bien conservé pour le type. La pièce est couverte d’une épaisse patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : G. DVX. MANT. III EM EP / GG.
Obverse description : Doubles Initiales G / G sous une couronne.
Obverse translation : (Guillaume, par la grâce de Dieu, 3e duc de Mantoue et de Montferrat).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IN DEO. SPES MEA. 1577.
Reverse description : Croix fleuronnée cantonnée de quatre fleurons.
Historical background
ITALY - PIEDMONT - CASALE - WILLIAM OF MANTUA
(1566-1587)
Guillaume was born in 1538 from the union of Frédéric II Gonzague and Marguerite Paléologue. He is the younger brother and, from 1550, the successor of his late older brother François Gonzague. He married in 1561 Éléonore, daughter of Ferdinand of Austria. He died in 1587.
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