Austria 1621 4 ducats Fr-157
This specimen was lot 2266 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €9,000 (about US$12,381 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Ferdinand II., 1592-1618-1637. 4 Dukaten 1621, Wien. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz, großer Halskrause, umgelegtem Mantel und der Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies, unten Münzmeisterzeichen Spitze (Matthias Fellner, Münzmeister in Wien 1612-1637)//Gekrönter Doppeladler mit Kopfscheinen und zwischen den Hälsen Reichsapfel, in den Fängen Schwert und Zepter, auf der Brust mehrfeldiges Wappen, umher die Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies, unten in der Umschrift gekröntes, zweifeldiges Wappen (Österreich-Burgund). GOLD. Von größter Seltenheit. Mit eingeritzter Wertzahl 4 auf der Vorderseite, sehr schön. Aus der Sammlung Kommerzialrat Dr. Herbert Wenzel, Wien. Exemplar der Auktion Hans M. F. Schulman, New York, 22. September 1956, Nr. 1910. (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand II, 1618-37, quadruple ducat of 1621, Vienna mint. Obverse: laureate, armored, mantled and ruffed bust right with order chain, mintmaster's mark below; reverse: crowned double-headed eagle with halos around the heads and an orb of state between the necks; holding a sword and scepter in its talons, and bearing a multi-part escutcheon on its breast, encircled by the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece; at the bottom of the inscription, a crowned, two-part escutcheon. Extremely rare, with a '4' scratched into the obverse field, very fine.)"
The SCWC lists this rare type for 1621-22, 1628, 1634.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 13,85 g.
Catalog reference: KKM 366, Fr-157; Herinek 106.
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- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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