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10 Soldi - Ignazio Di Carraglio Siege of Alessandria

Features

Issuer City of Alessandria (Italian States)
Governor Ignazio, Marquis of Caraglio (1746)
Type Emergency coinage › Siege coins
Year 1746
Composition Copper
Weight 6.20 g
Diameter 28 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
224718
References MIR PSLC# 1083b
Alberto Varesi; 2004. Monete Italiane Regionali / Volume 2. Piemonte, Sardegna, Liguria, Isola di Corsica (2nd Edition). Numismatica Varesi, Pavia, Italy.
, Biaggi# 836
Elio Biaggi; 1992. Monete e zecche medievali italiane: dal sec. VIII al sec. XV. Montenegro (Edizioni Numismatiche di Eupremio Montenegro), Turin, Italy.
, Korchnak# 11
Lawrence C. Korchnak; 2021. Siege Coins of the World 1453-1902. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
, CNI II# 8
Victor Emmanuel of Savoy; 1911. Corpus Nummorum Italicorum / Volume 2. Piemonte – Sardegna : zecche d'oltremonti di Casa Savoia: 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

Oval shield with coat of arms of Savoy on eagle's chest. Large crown above.

Script: Latin

Lettering: Sᵈⁱ. 10

Unabridged legend: Soldi 10

Reverse

Seven-line legend and date surrounded by knotted branches, surrounded by long greneti.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BLOC ·
ARCIS ALEX ·
GUB ·
MARCHIO
DE
CARALIO
1746

Unabridged legend: Blocus arcis Alexandri, Gubernator Marchio de Caralio

Translation: Blockade of the citadel of Alessandria, [commanded by] the Governor, Marquis of Caraglio.

Mint

Alessandria, Italy (13th century-1746)

Comments

Coin struck by Marquis Ignazio di Caraglio, Governor of Alessandria during the siege of the Franco-Hispanic troops in 1746.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1746 

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