CNG 100, Lot: 709. Estimate $750. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Stolberg-Stolberg (Grafschaft). Johann Martin. 1638-1669. AV Dukat (23mm, 3.42 g, 2h). Dated 1649. Stag leaping left with column on pedestal behind; IK in center of foreground below / MONET/NOVA*/AVREA/DVCAT/1649 in five lines within square tablet; legend divided by four coat-of-arms. Friederich 1168; KM 82; Friedberg 3323. VF, toned, wavy flan, once mounted in jewelry.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from James Elmen, June 1984.