Teutonic Order 1603 10 ducats Fr-3379a
This specimen was lot 84 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €44,000 (about US$62,304 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Erzherzog Maximilian als Hochmeister des Deutschen Ordens, 1585-1590-1618. 10 Dukaten 1603, Hall. + MAX : DG : ARH : AVST : DVX - BVR : MAG : PRVSS : ADMI Der geharnischte Erzherzog steht v. v. mit Erzherzogshut, Hochmeisterkreuz, umgelegtem Mantel und Schwert in der Rechten, zu den Seiten Löwe mit dem österreichischen Bindenschild und Turnierhelm mit Helmzier//Turnierreiter r. mit Lanzenfahne, darunter die geteilte Jahreszahl I6 - 03 über Wappenschild mit Hochmeisterkreuz, umher 14 kleine Wappenschilde. RR Kl. Stempelfehler, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion H. D. Rauch 70, Wien 2002, Nr. 2261. (Holy Roman Empire, archduke Maximilian as Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order, 1585-1590-1618, ten ducats of 1603, Hall mint. Obverse: armored, mantled and capped figure of the archduke stands slightly left, holding a sword; to the left, a lion supports the arms of Austria; to the right, a feathered helmet; reverse: Mounted knight right with flagged lance, date below, above, the arms of the grandmaster, fourteen shields around. Very rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type was struck using thaler dies. It was also struck 1610-11, 1613-14 and accompanied by 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, triple and double ducats of various dates. The major domains of the Teutonic Order were in Prussia, Livonia and Estonia but they had estates in the Holy Roman Empire as well, which they retained after the loss of their Baltic domains.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 35 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 34,78 g.
Catalog reference: KM 8, M./T. see 366 (dort als Taler und siehe S. 226, 53 Anm.); Fr-3379 a (listed under Teutonic Order); Prokisch 60.1.
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- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 423: Coins and medals from Tyrol - The collection of Dipl.-Ing. Hermann Wohnlich., Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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