Austria 1676-IAN 5 ducats Fr-314

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Künker sale 400, lot 349

This specimen was lot 349 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €36,000 (about US$46,703 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Leopold I. 1657-1705. 5 Dukaten 1676, IAN, Graz. + (Raute) LEOPOLDVS (Raute) + (Raute) D (Raute) G (Raute) R (Raute) I (Raute) S (Raute) A (Raute) G (Raute) H (Raute) E (Raute) B (Raute) REX (Raute) Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz, umgelegtem Mantel und der Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies//(Raute) ARCHI (Raute) D (Raute) AVS (Raute) DV - X (Raute) BVR (Raute) STYRIÆ (Raute) 16 - 76 Gekröntes, mehrfeldiges Wappen, darunter die Signatur I - A - N (Johann Anton Nowak, Münzmeister in Graz ca. 1670-1692), umher die Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Winz. Kratzer, vorzüglich + (Holy Roman Empire, Leopold I, 1657-1705, five ducats of 1676, Graz mint. Obverse: + ♦ LEOPOLDVS ♦ + ♦ D ♦ G ♦ R ♦ I ♦ S ♦ A ♦ G ♦ H ♦ E ♦ B ♦ REX ♦, armored, mantled and laureate bust right with order chain; reverse: ♦ ARCHI ♦ D ♦ AVS ♦ DV - X ♦ BVR ♦ STYRIÆ ♦ 16 - 76, crowned manifold arms, initials below, order chain around. Very rare, fine gold patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type is listed in the SCWC for 1670-72 and 1690 but not 1676.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 17.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 17.12 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1270 (unlisted date), Fr-314; Herinek 97.

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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