Friesland 1612 ducat Fr-223
This specimen was lot 1873 in Jean Elsen sale 154 (Brussels, March 2023), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,101 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NEDERLAND, FRIESLAND, Provincie, AV dukaat met de ridder, 1612. Vz/ Staande ridder n.r. met zwaard en pijlenbundel. Kz/ Tekst in versierd vierkant. Zeer Fraai. (Netherlands, province of Friesland, gold ducat of the knight of 1612. Obverse: standing knight right with sword and bundle of arrows; reverse: four lines of text. Very Fine.)"
This type was struck 1602-20, 1626, 1629-40, 1643-45, 1648-54, 1657, 1663, 1666-68, 1676, 1693. It is scarce compared to the issues of Utrecht or Holland.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,47 g.
Catalog reference: KM 13, Verk. 117, 5; Delm-1013; Fr-223.
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- van der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed., Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
- 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 154, Trouvaille de Labuissière, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.
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