Kampen (1590-93) rose noble Fr-151

Heritage sale 3064, lot 31417

This specimen was lot 31417 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), where it sold for $3,600. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Kampen. City gold Imitative Rose Noble ND (1590-93) MS63 NGC, Kampen mint, MON | NO : AV • CIVI • CAMPEN • VALO : TRAN | • ISVLAN, king standing in ship facing, holding sword and shield, a flag bearing a C at the stern / (Castle mm) CONCORDIA RRS PARVÆ CRESCVNT, rose over sun with lions passant, crowns, and lis, trefoils in spandrels. A razor-sharp example with a particularly notable portrait, strongly struck on a round flan, the planchet retaining its full mint luster. An elite example of this imitative English type, in a covetable level of certification." The towns of Deventer, Kampen and Zwolle are in central Overijssel and banded together in the mid-sixteenth century to issue coinage.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 7.7 g, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-151, Delm-1106.

Source:

Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
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.
Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
^[1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.

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Kampen (1590-93) rose noble Fr-151

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