Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 2150. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $6750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

POLAND. Ladislaus IV Vasa. 1632-48. Medallic AV 5 Ducats (16.65 gm.). Struck for the king’s coronation in 1633. Draped and armored bust right, wearing collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece / VLADISLAVS/IV CORONATVS/IN REGEM POL/ET M D L ANNO/1633 DIE 6F B within tablet surrounded by baroque ornamentation; above, crown over crossed sceptre and sword. Gumowski -; KM 57 (2 known); Friedberg -. VF. Extremely rare. ($5000)

Ex Per-Göran Carlsson Collection.

This is the second example known, the other appearing in Hess-Leu Auktion 29 (14 October 1965), lot 1004. A fine baroque portrait and a milestone in Polish numismatics, missing in all well known collections including the Hutten-Czapski collection and the Karolkiewicz collection sold by CNG in Triton IV, December 2000.