Foreign Coins, Italy, Mantua, siege of 1799, the French garrison besieged by the Austrians, bell-metal soldo, undated (1799), ASSEDIO MANTOVA, fasces, rev. UN SOLDO DI MILAN (KM.131), very fine
*ex InAsta Auction 40, lot 2183
Reportedly cast from the church bells which were melted down during the siege of the city from the combined Austro-Russian armies.
Europe in Revolution (1789-1814). A Collection of European Coins from the time of Revolution
(50-80 GBP)