54, Lot: 203. Estimate $125. Sold for $416. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOWLANDS. Utrecht. 1587. AV Ducat (3.38 gm). Armored soldier standing right, holding sword and bundle of arrows / MOORD/ PROVIN/ FOEDER/ BELGAD/ LEG IMP, tablet with legend in five lines. Friedberg 284. VF, cleaned. ($125)

This is the first year of issue for this famous trade coin type.