Triton XIX, Lot: 2565. Estimate $5000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LOW COUNTRIES, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden (Dutch Republic). Utrecht. 1581-1795. AV ‘Gulden’ (33mm, 14.05 g, 12h). Dated
1739. Minerva standing facing, head right, holding cap on long pole and resting arm on book set on plinth / Crowned coat-of-arms. P&W Ut 72.4; CNM 2.43.120; KM 102a; Friedberg –. Superb EF, lustrous, a few minor hairlines. Off-metal strike in gold.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Virgil M. Brand Collection (Part 6, Sotheby's, 17 May 1984), lot 390; Baron Philippe de Ferrari la Renotière Collection (J. Schulman, 16 November 1925), lot 596.