Mainz (1367-70)-B goldgulden Fr-1600

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Künker sale 400, lot 169

This specimen was lot 169 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €30,000 (about US$38,919 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"MAINZ, ERZBISTUM, Gerlach von Nassau, 1354-1371. Goldgulden o. J. (1367-1370), Bacharach. Gemeinschaftsprägung mit Pfalzgraf Ruprecht I. 1353-1390. · GeRLaCVS · - aR · ePS · mOG . Erzbischof steht v. v. mit Buch und Krummstab, zu den Seiten der Mainzer Radschild und der Nassauer Löwenschild, oben l. im Feld die Münzstättensignatur B//RVPeRT DVX - COmeS PaL · Pfalzgraf steht v. v. mit geschultertem Schwert, zu den Seiten die Wappenschilde von Pfalz und Bayern. Fr-1600; Slg. Walther -; Slg. Pick I (Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 405) 99; Felke 138. GOLD. Von größter Seltenheit. Vorzügliches Exemplar. Exemplar der Slg. Bissinger, Auktion Numismatik Lanz 142, München 2008, Nr. 415 und der Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 416, Frankfurt/Main 2016, Nr. 1407. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, Gerlach of Nassau, 1354-71, undated goldgulden, circa 1367-70, Bacharach mint, joint coinage with count palatine Rupert I. Obverse: the archbishop stands with book and crozier between the arms of Mainz and Nassau, privy mark above; reverse: the count stands with a sword on his shoulder between the arms of the Palatinate and Bavaria. Extremely rare, extremely fine example.)"

Gerlach was the first archbishop of Mainz to issue gold. His first goldgulden (Fr-1597) were fairly close imitations of Florentine florins. This one, slightly later, shows the archbishop on the obverse and the count palatine on the reverse. This type, struck at Bacharach and Bingen, is the rarest of the early goldgulden of Mainz.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.54 g.

Catalog reference: KM 195, Slg. Weweler 708; Ihl/Schwede 520 A/a; Fr-1456.

Source:

  • 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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