Austria (1612-18) ducat Fr-112
This specimen was lot 92 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €7,000 (about US$9,912 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Erzherzog Maximilian als Landesfürst von Tirol, 1612-1618. Dukat o. J., Hall. Münzmeister Christof Örber. Geschweiftes, sechsfeldiges Wappen (Ungarn, Böhmen / Kastilien - Habsburg / Österreich, Burgund) mit Mittelschild (Tirol)//Der Heilige Leopold steht v. v. mit der Fahne von Alt-Österreich und Kirchenmodell. GOLD. RR Leicht gewellt, vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Schulten + Co., Köln, März 1990, Nr. 1391. (Holy Roman Empire, archduke Maximilian as lord of Tyrol, 1612-18, undated ducat, Hall mint. Obverse: curved, sixfold arms of Hungary, Bohemia, Castile, Austria and Burgundy with the escutcheon of Tyrol; reverse: Saint Leopold stands facing front with the flag of Old Austria and a model of a church. Rare, slightly wavy, extremely fine.)"
Among other things, archduke Maximilian was grandmaster of the Teutonic Order. This rare type doesn't seem o be listed in the SCWC.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,47 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-112; M./T. 399.
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- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 423: Coins and medals from Tyrol - The collection of Dipl.-Ing. Hermann Wohnlich., Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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