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* [[Hesse-Darmstadt 1717-BIB thaler Dav-2317|1717-BIB thaler, on the bicentennial of the Reformation]] | * [[Hesse-Darmstadt 1717-BIB thaler Dav-2317|1717-BIB thaler, on the bicentennial of the Reformation]] | ||
* [[Hesse-Darmstadt (1717) ducat Fr-1207|(1717) ducat, monogram reverse]] | * [[Hesse-Darmstadt (1717) ducat Fr-1207|(1717) ducat, monogram reverse]] | ||
| + | * [[Saxe-Saalfeld 1717 ducat Fr-3004]], bicentennial of the Reformation | ||
| + | * [[Schweinfurt 1717 ducat Fr-3108a]], bicentennial of the Reformation | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1717]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1717]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 400]][[Category: Gold ducats of Europe]] | [[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 400]][[Category: Gold ducats of Europe]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:18, 31 July 2025
This specimen was lot 140 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €9,500 (about US$12,324 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HESSEN-DARMSTADT, LANDGRAFSCHAFT, Ernst Ludwig, 1678-1739. Dukat 1717, Darmstadt, auf die 200-Jahrfeier der Reformation. ERNEST · LVD · D · G · HASS · LANDG · PR · HERSF Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit umgelegtem Mantel, unter dem Armabschnitt die Signatur B · I · B (Balthasar Johann Bethmann, Münzmeister in Darmstadt 1707-1733)//L · ÆT · AO · IVBILÆVM · II · ECCL · LVTH · CEL · P . P Gekrönte Hassia kniet nach l. vor einem Altar, an dem die Buchstaben V · D · / · M · / I . Æ · (Verbum domine manet in aeternum = Das Wort Gottes bleibt in Ewigkeit) zu lesen sind, auf dem Altar steht ein Räuchergefäß, auf der unteren Stufe liegt der Fürstenhut; im Abschnitt befindet sich das Datum: . 31 . OCT . / 1717. GOLD. Von größter Seltenheit. 3. bekanntes Exemplar. Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Goldpatina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Walther, Mainz, Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 422, Frankfurt/Main 2018, Nr. 1238. Mit altem Sammlerkärtchen. (Germany, landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Ernest Louis, 1678-1739, ducat of 1717, Darmstadt mint, on the bicentennial of the Reformation. Obverse: armored and matled bust right, initials below; reverse: crowned figure of Hassia kneels to left, before an altar inscribed 'V · D · / · M · / I . Æ ·' buring incense, the princely hat at the base. Extremely rare, three examples known, attractive example with fine gold patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"
The legend on the altar, "V[erbum] · D[omine] · / · M[anet] · / I[n] . Æ[ternum] ·", translates as, "The word of God remains for eternity." Numerous Lutheran states, including Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Esslingen, Hamburg. Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Nuremberg, Regensburg, Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Saxe-Saalfeld and Stolberg, issued coins on this occasion.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,46 g.
Catalog reference: KM 136, Fr-1204; Schütz 2872; Slg. Whiting -; Slg. Belli 1775 (dort 1904 ein Zuschlag von 255,-- Goldmark!); Brozatus -.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [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.
Link to:
- 1717-BIB 10 kreuzer, on the bicentennial of the Reformation
- 1717-BIB thaler, on the bicentennial of the Reformation
- (1717) ducat, monogram reverse
- Saxe-Saalfeld 1717 ducat Fr-3004, bicentennial of the Reformation
- Schweinfurt 1717 ducat Fr-3108a, bicentennial of the Reformation
- Coins and currency dated 1717