Roma Numismatics Ltd
E-Sale 85 17 Jun 2021
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German States, Frankfurt (Free Imperial City) AV Ducat. 1639. Johann Anselm Münch, moneyer. NOMEN : DOMINI : TVRIS : FORTISSIMA :, baroque coat of arms with imperial eagle, date across upper fields, AM to lower left, key to lower right / DVCATVS NOVVS • REIPVBL • FRANCOFVRT : in five lines within baroque tablet. Joseph & Fellner 430a; KM 85; Friedberg 972. 3.43g, 23mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine; slightly wavy flan, slight scrapes to both obv. and rev. Rare.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Interestingly, remnants of another letter (possibly an Ω?) can be seen at the left hand edge of the last line of text on the reverse of this coin, suggesting that the die-cutter made an error and corrected it, but not quite fully eradicating it from the die. Further examples of this can be seen on coins struck from the same die, cf. WAG Online, Auction 54, 14 June 2015, lot 812 and Emporium Hamburg, Auction 89, 22 April 2020, lot 1497.
Near Extremely Fine; slightly wavy flan, slight scrapes to both obv. and rev. Rare.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Interestingly, remnants of another letter (possibly an Ω?) can be seen at the left hand edge of the last line of text on the reverse of this coin, suggesting that the die-cutter made an error and corrected it, but not quite fully eradicating it from the die. Further examples of this can be seen on coins struck from the same die, cf. WAG Online, Auction 54, 14 June 2015, lot 812 and Emporium Hamburg, Auction 89, 22 April 2020, lot 1497.