Hungary 1613-KB ducat Fr-81
This specimen was lot 1037 in Jean Elsen sale 132 (Brussels, March 2017), where it sold for €280 (about US$355 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SAINT EMPIRE, Matthias II (1608-1619), AV ducat, 1613, Kremnitz. Type hongrois. Au titre royal. D/ Le roi deb. à d., en tenue de couronnement. R/ La Madone à l'enfant dans une gloire. Rare Traces de montures. Beau. (Holy Roman Empire, Matthias II (1608-19), gold ducat of 1613, Kremnitz mint, Hungarian type, with the royal title. Obverse: the king stands to right, in his coronation robes; reverse: the Madonna and Child in a glory. Rare, traces of a mount, fine.)"
Altho Friedberg lumps all the issues of 1613 under Fr-81, the SCWC notes two types: KM 37 issued 1609-13 with robe closed and KM 42 issued 1613-20 with robe open. The SCWC gives both the same price.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, .109 troy oz ASW, this specimen 3,38 g.
Catalog reference: KM 37, Huszar 1082; Fr-81.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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 132, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2017.
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