Lobkowitz (1677-1715) ducat Fr-55
This specimen was lot 3163 in Sincona sale 33 (Zürich, October 2016), where it sold for 13,000 CHF (about US$15,432 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
" Lobkowitz, Fürstentum, Ferdinand August Leopold, 1677-1715 Dukat o. J. Sehr selten. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, principality of Lobkowitz, Ferdinand August Leopold, 1677-1715, undated ducat. Very rare, Very fine-extremely fine.)"
The ancestral seat is in Bohemia, where the SCWC catalogs this type, but the prince spent his life in Vienna, His descendant was a patron, among others, of Beethoven.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.45 g.
Catalog reference: Pavlicek/Schön 2. Holzmair S. 36. Fr-55, KM 6 (listed under Bohemia).
- 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]Jürg Richter, Numismatic Coins & Medals, Auction 33, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2016.
Link to:
- Bohemia 1676 5 ducats Fr-265
- Lobkowitz 1794-VI thaler Dav-1190
- Austria 1678-IAN 2 ducats Fr-320 Graz mint
- Coins and currency dated 1677
- return to coins of Austria