Watch List notes:

Levantine Region Imitative Mule AV Ducat. 17th Century Counterfeit. ★ MONE : NOVA AVREA • LVBEↃ, crowned and armoured emperor standing to right, with sword at hip, holding sceptre and orb / SOLI • DEO • HONOR • ET • GLORIA in four lines within baroque cartouche. Unpublished; for obv. prototype cf. Friedberg 1477 (Lubeck, Rudolf II) and Oslo Myntgalleri 20, lot 1693; for rev. prototype cf. Friedberg 198 (Henri de Nassau for the mint of Orange). 3.46g, 23mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine; highly lustrous. An interesting full weight mule ducat struck from irregular dies.

From the inventory of a UK dealer.