Hungary 1531-KB ducat Fr-48
This specimen was lot 1233 in Jean Elsen sale 116 (Brussels, March 2013), where it sold for €700 (about US$1,063 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SAINT EMPIRE, Ferdinand Ier (1521-1564), AV ducat, 1531 KB, Kremnitz. Type hongrois. Droit: La Madone à l'enfant. Revers: Saint Ladislas debout de face, tenant une hallebarde et un globe crucigère. Très Beau à Superbe (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand I (1521-64), gold ducat of 1531, Kremnitz mint, Hungarian type. Obverse: Madonna and Child; reverse: St. Ladislas, armored cap a pie, holds a halberd and orb. Very fine to extremely fine.)"
Friedberg lists this type for 1527-65 from Kremnitz (shown here), Neustadt (Fr-49) and Hermannstadt (Fr-50).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.55 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB124, Markl, 1241; Huszar, 895; Fr-48.
- 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.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 116, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2013.
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