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Auction 20 10 Jul 2020
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Regensburg. 1653. 4 Ducats (Gold, 34 mm, 14.00 g, 12 h), on the coronation of Ferdinand IV as King of the Romans, mintmaster Hieronymus Federer. IN.MEMO/RIAM.REGIAE./CORONATION./ ET.COMITORVM/RATISBON:ANO/M.D.C.LIII all within an elaborately decorated circular frame; below, mintmaster's initials HF. Rev. RESPICIT HAEC POPVLVM.RESPICIT ILLA POLVM Crowned Imperial double-eagle above globus cruciger; above to left, sun with rays; behind to left and right, city view; below, landscape with a group of men looking upwards. Cf. Montenuovo 843. Plato 120. UBS 60, 2004, 26 (same dies). Extremely rare. A splendid, bright and lightly toned example. Some very minor striking flatness at the center and possible (?) traces of mounting, otherwise, extremely fine.
From the Trausnitz Collection acquired prior to 2000.
Regensburg. 1653. 4 Ducats (Gold, 34 mm, 14.00 g, 12 h), on the coronation of Ferdinand IV as King of the Romans, mintmaster Hieronymus Federer. IN.MEMO/RIAM.REGIAE./CORONATION./ ET.COMITORVM/RATISBON:ANO/M.D.C.LIII all within an elaborately decorated circular frame; below, mintmaster's initials HF. Rev. RESPICIT HAEC POPVLVM.RESPICIT ILLA POLVM Crowned Imperial double-eagle above globus cruciger; above to left, sun with rays; behind to left and right, city view; below, landscape with a group of men looking upwards. Cf. Montenuovo 843. Plato 120. UBS 60, 2004, 26 (same dies). Extremely rare. A splendid, bright and lightly toned example. Some very minor striking flatness at the center and possible (?) traces of mounting, otherwise, extremely fine.
From the Trausnitz Collection acquired prior to 2000.