Schlick 1630 ducat Fr-116
This specimen was lot 419 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €18,000 (about US$23,352 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE ÖSTERREICHISCHEN STANDESHERREN, SCHLICK, GRAFSCHAFT, Heinrich IV. 1612-1650. Dukat 1630, Nürnberg, mit Titel Ferdinands II. Münzmeister Putzer von Putzenau. Vierfeldiges Wappen mit Mittelschild, oben St. Anna mit dem Jesuskind und der heiligen Maria, zu den Seiten die Initialen S - A (Sancta Anna)//Gekrönter Doppeladler, auf der Brust der gekrönte, böhmische Wappenschild. GOLD. Sehr selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Attraktives Exemplar, min. gewellt, vorzüglich +. (Austrian states, county of Schlick, Henry IV, 1612-50, ducat of 1630, Nuremberg mint, struck in the name of Ferdinand II. Obverse: quartered arms with escutcheon, above, St. Anne with St. Mary and the Christ child divide the initials "S - A"; reverse: crowned double headed eagle with the crowned arms of Bohemia on its breast. Very rare in this quality, attractive example, slightly wavy, extremely fine or better.)"
Altho eight dates are listed for 1628-1631 and 1634-38, this type is very rare. This example realized almost triple the catalog value. The count also issued a kreuzer and a thaler in 1630. Wikipedia comments,
"Count Heinrich von Schlick zu Bassano und Weißkirchen (1580 – 5 January 1650, Vienna) was an Imperial Field Marshal and president of the Hofkriegsrat. As a young man, he fought in Hungary under Giorgio Basta for Rudolf II against Stephen Bocskay's revolt until 1604. As a Lutheran, he sided with the Protestant Bohemians at the beginning of the Bohemian phase of the Thirty Years War, when the province was overrun by Imperial forces. As a competent officer his advice was often overlooked, especially at the Battle of White Mountain that took place on November 8, 1620. The battle was a defeat for the Protestant Bohemians. After the defeat he changed to the Imperial side."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.47 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,46 g.
Catalog reference: KM 14, Donebauer 3791; Fr-116; Smetana/Jakymenková P 3 a.
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- 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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