Watch List notes:

ITALY. Cremona. Commune, 1155-1330. Mezzo Grosso (Silver, 16 mm, 0.73 g, 10 h), in the name of Emperor Frederick I. ✠FREDERICVS around I / P•R with contraction mark above (to be read as IMPERATOR). Rev. ✠CREMONA Cross with a pellet in both upper angles and a wedge in both lower angles. Biaggi 674. MIR 295. Lightly toned. Minor deposits, otherwise, extremely fine.


From the collection of Dr. Max Blaschegg (1930-2021, with collector's ticket), privately acquired from Numismatica Arethusa at the Zurich coin fair on 17 October 1981.