Austria 1705 ducat Fr-224

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Künker sale 400, lot 53

This specimen was lot 53 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €24,000 (about US$31,135 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, Unter habsburgischer Besetzung, 1705-1715. Dukat 1705, München, mit Titel Josefs I. 3,49 g. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz und umgelegter Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies//Gekrönter doppelköpfiger Adler mit Schwert und Zepter, auf der Brust gekrönter zweifeldiger Wappenschild, umgeben von der Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Gerhard Hirsch 17, München 1958, Nr. 71. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, under Austrian occupation, 1705-15, ducat of 1705, Munich mint, in the name of Joseph I. Obverse: armored, laureate and mantled bust with order chain; reverse: crowned double-headed eagle with sword and scepter and arms on its breast, order chian around. Extremely rare, extremely fine.)

In der Schlacht bei Höchstädt 1704 wurde das bayerisch-französische Heer durch Prinz Eugen von Savoyen und den Herzog von Marlborough vollständig vernichtet. Maximilian Emanuel mußte Bayern verlassen und verlor seine Lande. Man verhängte die Reichsacht über ihn. Erst durch den Frieden von Baden 1714 wurden die Reichsacht und die damit verbundenen Sanktionen aufgehoben. In der Zeit des kurfürstlichen Exils ließen Josef I. und Karl VI. durch die kaiserliche Administration in München Münzen - wie das vorliegende Stück - prägen. (In the Battle of Höchstädt in 1704, the Bavarian-French army was completely destroyed by Prince Eugene of Savoy and the Duke of Marlborough. Maximilian Emanuel had to flee Bavaria and lost his lands. The Imperial ban was imposed on him. It was only with the Peace of Baden in 1714 that the imperial ban and the associated sanctions were lifted. During the time of the electoral exile, emperors Joseph I and Charles VI had coins - like the present piece - minted by the imperial administration in Munich.)"

This type was struck 1705-10. We are calling it an Austrian ducat as it bears the imperial portrait but it was made in Bavaria. Other ducats (KM 1450, KM 1453, KM 1454) were struck elsewhere in the Hapsburg domains with the bust of Joseph I. The elector was in exile in Liege, now in Belgium.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM 140 (listed under Bavaria), Hahn 234; Herinek 70; Fr-224.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [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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