Very Rare Tassarolo “Leeuwendaalder”

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1595. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Tassarolo (conti). Filippo Spinola. 1616-1688. AR Tallero da 96 Soldi (40mm, 26.21 g, 7h). Imitating a Leeuwendaalder of the Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden (Dutch Republic). · MON · DA · SOL · 96 · COM · PALAT · ·, armored half-length figure of soldier standing left, head right; coat-of-arms below / CONFI IN DOM NON PERIB IN ETER, lion rampant left; cruciform stops; at end of legend, flower flanked by cruciform stops. CNI II 56; MIR 986; Gamberini 633; Davenport 4183. VF, toned. Very rare.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex World-Wide Coins of California (James F. Elmen) X (6 November 1986), lot 457.