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Signature Sale 3029 14-16 January 2014
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Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection of World Coins. Mainz-Archbishopric. Konrad II von Weinsberg (1390-96) Goldgulden 1391-94, Bingen mint, Fr-1613 (erroneously illustrated in Friedberg under the listing of Fr-1611), AU55 NGC. Obv. CORΛD' • ΛR | ЄP' ‡ MOGVT', St. John standing facing with right hand raised, a scepter in his left hand. Rev. • MOnЄ | TΛ PIn | GЄSIS •, arms of Mainz in trilobe with arms of Saarwerden, Minzenberg, and Pfalz-Bayern surrounding. From excellent facial detail on St. John, the strike weakens toward the bottom of the coin. Reddish deposits nestled in the devices outline the design, one of the archetypical gold issues of late fourteenth century Mainz.
Estimate: 800-1000 USD
Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection of World Coins. Mainz-Archbishopric. Konrad II von Weinsberg (1390-96) Goldgulden 1391-94, Bingen mint, Fr-1613 (erroneously illustrated in Friedberg under the listing of Fr-1611), AU55 NGC. Obv. CORΛD' • ΛR | ЄP' ‡ MOGVT', St. John standing facing with right hand raised, a scepter in his left hand. Rev. • MOnЄ | TΛ PIn | GЄSIS •, arms of Mainz in trilobe with arms of Saarwerden, Minzenberg, and Pfalz-Bayern surrounding. From excellent facial detail on St. John, the strike weakens toward the bottom of the coin. Reddish deposits nestled in the devices outline the design, one of the archetypical gold issues of late fourteenth century Mainz.
Estimate: 800-1000 USD