Triton XIX, Lot: 2618. Estimate $10000. Sold for $47500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

POLAND, Monarchy. Wladyslaw IV Wasa. 1632-1648. AV 10 Dukaty (47mm, 34.64 g, 12h). Gdansk (Danzig) mint; Gerard Rogge, mintmaster. Dated 1644 GR. VLADISLAuS IIII D G REX POL & SuEC M DuX LITV RuS PRuS, crowned and and armored half-length bust right, holding scepter in right hand and orb in left / REGIA CIVITAS GEDANENSIS FIERI FECIT, view of city of Gdansk (Danzig) with scenes of immediate countryside; above, radiate tetragrammaton with four arms emerging from clouds: arm to left holding olive branch; arm to right holding sword and scales; below, two arms with hands clasped together in prayer; in exergue, royal coat-of-arms with leonine supporters; date and G R (mintmaster’s initials) flanking. D&S, Gedanensis, 268; Kopicki –; MP D 20; KM 33; Friedberg 16. Good VF, traces of underlying luster, light scratch and X graffito in obverse fields, evidence of possibly having been placed in a bezel.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Stack’s (4 December 1984), lot 150; Lighthouse Collection (Stack’s, 16 June 1978), lot 103.