A Collection of European Coins from the time of Revolution, 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 (28 June 2011), lot 2183.
Reportedly cast from the church bells which were melted down during the siege of the city from the combined Austro-Russian armies.
(40-60 GBP)