(x) Germany, Nuremberg, Commemorative 'Martin Luther' Ducat, 1717, On the Second Secular Celebration of the Reformation, by P. G. Nürnberger, ECCLESIA NORI CA IUBILANS, candle and hand holding snuffer, rev. MARTINVS LVTHERVS THEOLOGIAE D: 3.15g, 12h (Fb. 1902; Kelln. 77; Hobson 95; Erlanger 677; Whiting 218), lightly cleaned otherwise lustrous, the reverse die unusual, very fine or marginally better, a rare and popular commemorative type very seldom encountered at auction
Provenance
The George Webber Collection of World Gold Coins
SNC, April 1974, no. 3626 - £550