Austria
Holy Roman Empire

CNG 100, Lot: 564. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. Ferdinand III. Emperor, 1637-1657. AV Doppeldukat (28mm, 6.68 g, 5h). Praha (Prague) mint; J.W. Wolker, mintmaster. Dated 1638. Mantled and draped bust right / Crowned double-headed imperial eagle. Herinek 147a; Friedberg 46 (Bohemia) corr. (dated 1628). VF, evidence of prior mounting, slightly wavy flan. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, October 1978.