Austria 1676-IAN 2 ducats Fr-320

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Künker sale 400, lot 350

This specimen was lot 350 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €8,000 (about US$10,379 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Leopold I. 1657-1705. 2 Dukaten 1676, IAN, Graz. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz, umgelegtem Mantel und der Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies//Gekröntes, mehrfeldiges Wappen, umher die Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies. GOLD. RR Feine Goldpatina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion H. D. Rauch 105, Wien 2017, Nr. 1637. (Holy Roman Empire, Leopold I, 1657-1705, double ducat of 1676, Graz mint. Obverse: armored, mantled and laureate bust right with order chain; reverse: crowned manifold arms, order chain around. Very rare, fine gold patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type is listed for 1672-87.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 6.90 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1276, Fr-320; Herinek 186.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • 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.
  • [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.

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