Aragon (1479-1516)-LS 4 ducats Fr-16
This specimen was lot 672 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €60,000 (about US$77,838 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SPANIEN, KÖNIGREICH, Fernando V. 1452-1516. 4 Dukaten o. J. Zaragoza. x FeRDInanDUS : R : DeI : GRaCIa : aRaGOn : Va Gekrönte Büste l. zwischen vier Sternen und den Buchstaben C - A//+TRIVMFATOR : ET : CATOLICVS : CRISTIANIS Gekrönter Wappenschild zwischen Sternen und den Buchstaben L - S. . GOLD. Von größter Seltenheit. Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Goldpatina, min. gewellt, sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Huntington, Auktion Jesus Vico 131, Madrid 2012, Nr. 907. (kingdom of Spain, Ferdinand V, 1452-1516, undated four ducats, Zaragoza mint. Obverse: crowned bust left between four stars and the letters "C - A"; reverse: crowned arms between stars and the letters "L - S". Extremely rare, attractive example with fine gold patina, slightly wavy, very fine. Ex-Huntington Collection.)"
In addition to the ten ducats shown here, the Zaragoza mint also struck ten ducats (Cayón-2348), a double ducat (Cayón-2344) and a single ducat (Cayón-2336). None are common but the two larger denominations are extremely rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 13.81 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-16; Calicó 142, Cayón-2347.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
- Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
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