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Tassarollo, Italian States, luigino, 1666-A, ex-Sicily wreck (ca. 1667) mounted portrait-side out in

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Tassarollo, Italian States, luigino, 1666-A, ex-Sicily wreck (ca. 1667) mounted portrait-side out in
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Tassarollo, Italian States, luigino, 1666-A, ex-Sicily wreck (ca. 1667) mounted portrait-side out in thin, twisted wire 18K gold bezel. 4.42 grams total. Choice full detail on both sides, which consists of a portrait of the ruler's wife on obverse and three fleurs-de-lis in a crowned shield on the reverse (modeled after a popular French coin of the time), lightly rainbow-toned and corrosion-free. The coin from an unidentified ca.-1667 wreck off Geta, Sicily, Italy, pedigreed to the Thomas Gray collection and formerly displayed at the ANA Money Museum's "Treasures of the Deep" exhibit (2014-15), also pedigreed to our Auction #12 (lot #617) and to our Auction #19 (lot #480).