Hungary (1476-85)-KVA goldgulden Fr-22
This specimen was lot 33945 in Heritage sale 3098 (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $3,360. The catalog description[1] noted, "Hungary: Matthias Corvinus (1458-1490) gold Goldgulden ND (1476-1485) MS64 NGC, Nagybánya mint. S • LΛDISL | ΛVS RЄX, crowned, nimbate, and mantled figure of St. Ladislaus standing facing, axe in right hand, globus cruciger in left; n-(shield containing three clam shells) to either side / mΛThIΛS D | G R VnGΛRIЄ •, Madonna enthroned with Christ child, bird with ring in beak below. Near gem specimen, boasting semi-Prooflike peripheries and well-defined motifs." The ducats or florins or goldgulden of Hungary are among the more common gold coins of the late middle ages.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.55 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-22, Husz-680, Lengyel-45/3.
- 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, NYINC World Coins Signature Auction 3098, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2021.
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