Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 4 . 986
The J. Eric Engstrom Collection: Italy
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ITALY, Ferrara (Duchy). Ercole I d'Este. 1471-1505. AV Ducato (24mm, 3.49 g, 10h). Second emission, 1474. Armored bust left, wearing small ruff / The Resurrection: Christ rising from tomb, raising hand in benediction and holding banner. Belessia 6/B; MIR 250/1; Friedberg 265. Richly toned. In NGC encapsulation 6864661-001, graded MS 63. A high grade example. Very rare. From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Triton XIX (5 January 2016), lot 755; Heritage 3037 (4 January 2015), lot 31208 (conserved since).This beautiful and rare type bears a delicate portrait of Ercole on the obverse and Christ rising triumphantly from the grave on the reverse. In 1925 Hans Nussbaum suggested that the reverse was derived from a 15th century fresco, attributed to the school of Pisanello, in the Oratory of the Annunciation in Ferrara.
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