Triton XIX, Lot: 2778. Estimate $1500. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Hamburg (Freie und Hansestadt). AV Portugaleser (42mm, 34.92 g, 12h). Tricentennial of the Civic Constitution. Dually dated 29 September 1528 and 1828. “das dankbare Hamburg” in script, coat-of-arms; around, figures representing the five parishes in segments with alternating floral patterns; “am 29 September 1828” in script below / “der Gründung seiner bürgerschaftlichen Vertassung” in script, council member, holding document, and four church leaders standing around altar; “am 29 September 1828” below. Gaedechens 2043. Choice EF, prooflike surfaces with minor hairlines.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Dr. Nelson Page Aspen Collection (Bowers & Merena, 9 August 1989), lot 2257.