Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXVII 22-23 Mar 2023
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German States, Hamburg (Free Hanseatic City) AV 2 Ducats. In the name of Josef II (Holy Roman Emperor). 1789. Otto Heinrich Knorre, mintmaster. MON • AVR • HAMBVRGENSIS • AD LEGEM IMPERII • in five lines within ornate rectangular cartouche; castle with three towers and half-raised portcullis in gateway above / IOSEPHVS • II • D • G • ROM • IMP • SEMP • AVGVST •, crowned and nimbate double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings spread, holding sword and sceptre and with orb on breast; date above. KM 466; Gaedechens 61; Vogel Coll. 8620 (this coin); Friedberg 1128. 6.96g, 25mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine; scuff and planchet defect on obv., otherwise lustrous fields. Extremely Rare, seemingly only one other example on CoinArchives.
From the collection of GK;
Ex WAG Online oHG, Auction 81, 3 December 2017, lot 843;
Ex Hermann Vogel Collection Part III, Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG | Mages GmbH, Auction 221, 30 October 2012, lot 8620.
Extremely Fine; scuff and planchet defect on obv., otherwise lustrous fields. Extremely Rare, seemingly only one other example on CoinArchives.
From the collection of GK;
Ex WAG Online oHG, Auction 81, 3 December 2017, lot 843;
Ex Hermann Vogel Collection Part III, Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG | Mages GmbH, Auction 221, 30 October 2012, lot 8620.