Cologne 1503 goldgulden Fr-803
This specimen was lot 824 in Jean Elsen sale 163 (Brussels, November 2025), where it sold for €460 (about US$531 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ALLEMAGNE, COLOGNE, Archevêché, Hermann IV, landgrave de Hesse (1480-1508), AV florin d'or, 1503, Zons (?). D/ Le Christ trônant de f. dans une stalle gothique, ten. les Évangiles, au-dessus de l'écu de Hesse-Ziegenhayn. R/ MO' AV'- RENE-S' 1503 Écu écartelé de Cologne-Hesse-Nidda dans un trilobe anglé, entre les écussons de Mayence, Trèves et Palatinat. Double frappe. (Germany, archbishopric of Cologne, Herman IV, landgrave of Hesse, 1480-1508, gold florin of 1503, perhaps Zons mint. Obverse: Christ enthroned facing, under a Gothic stall, holding the Gospels, below, the arms of Hesse-Ziegenhayn; reverse: quartered arms of Cologne-Hesse-Nidda within an angled trilobe between the arms of Mainz, Trier and the Palatinate. Double struck, about Very Fine.)
This type was struck 1491, 1503 and 1506-08.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.25 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen is 3,23 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB25, Noss 492; Fr-803.
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- 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 163, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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