Livonia 1673 ducat Fr-18

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Goldberg sale 41, lot 4132
photo courtesy Goldberg Coins and Collectibles
Sincona sale 13, lot 2651

The first specimen was lot 4132 in Goldberg sale 41 (Beverly Hills, May 2007), where it sold for $28,750. The catalog description[1] noted, "Latvia (Riga). Ducat, 1673. Under Swedish Occupation, 1621-1721. Carl XI, 1660-1697. Kings bust right within beaded inner circle. Leg: CAROLUS.D:G.SVEC.GOTH.VAND REX Reverse: City arms dividing date. Leg: MONETA AUREA CIVIT RIGENSIS. Very Rare. NGC graded AU-58. Latvia, a small state in the Baltic area was conquered by Gustav Adolph of Sweden and remained a Swedish possession until 1710. The towers of the city are portrayed on the reverse. Very few gold coins were struck there, and this is a major rarity." The second specimen was lot 2651 in Sincona sale 13 (Zürich, October 2013), where it sold for 5,750 CHF (about US$7,437 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,

"LITAUEN, Karl XI. von Schweden, 1660-1697, Dukat 1673. Sehr selten. Sehr schön (Lithuania, Charles XI of Sweden, 1660-97, ducat of 1673. Very rare, very fine)."

The SCWC lists these coins under Livonia, the eighteenth century name for Latvia; all are rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.46 grams. 22.80 mm diameter, the second specimen is 3.40 g.

Catalog reference: Ahlström 90 (R). Hagander 295. Neumann 55, Fr-18; KM-76 (Livonia); Ahl-103.

Source:

  • Bjorne Ahlstrom, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
  • [1]Goldberg, Ira, and Larry Goldberg, Goldberg Sale 41: the Pre-Long Beach Sale, Beverly Hills: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2007.
  • 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.
  • [2]Auktion 13: Münzen und Medaillen, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2013.

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