Austria 1744 ducat Fr-399
This specimen was lot 176 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €7,500 (about US$10,620 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. Dukat 1744, Hall. Brustbild r. mit Diadem und umgelegtem Mantel//Gekröntes und mit Greifenköpfen sowie Zweigen verziertes, vierfeldiges Wappen (Ungarn, Böhmen / Österreich, Burgund), mit Mittelschild (Tirol). GOLD. R Schürfspur am Rand, sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Gerhard Hirsch 136, München 1983, Nr. 525. (Holy Roman Empire, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, ducat of 1744, Hall mint. Obverse: diademed and mantled bust right; reverse: crowned and quartered arms of Hungary, Bohemia, Austria and Burgundy with the escutcheon of Tyrol, decorated with griffin's heads and branches. Rare, scrape mark on edge, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1742-65 with this subtype listed for 1742 and 1744.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3,44 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1696, Eypeltauer 10 a; Fr-399; M./T. 944.
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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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