Revaluation of 1573-1574

CNG 100, Lot: 884. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOW COUNTRIES, Nederlandse Opstand (Dutch Revolt). Holland. 1566/8-1581. AV Dukaat (25mm, 3.52 g, 3h). Revaluation of 1573-1574. Lion rampant left in beaded oval cartouche, all within incuse oval, on the obverse of a 1560-1573 Antwerpen mint demi-réal d’or of Filips II van Spanje. For host coin: G&H 207-1b; Delmonte, Or 113; Friedberg 68; for c/m: P&W p. 22. VF, toned.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, January 1989.