Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1997. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006. Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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RUSSIA. Alexei Mikhailovich. 1645-1676. AR Yefimok (Jefimok) (28.70 g, 7h). Dated 1655. A rijksdaalder of West Frisia, dated 1651, countermarked on obverse with two punches: horseman right with monogram below in dotted circle (Type II) and date in plain rectangle (Type II). Coin: Delmonte 940; KM 15.3; Countermarks: Efimki 78 (this coin); Kaim I p. 126-129; KM 422. Coin VF, c/ms good VF, toned, light encrustation. Head of horseman obscured by diebreak, otherwise one of the clearest examples of the countermark.($500)
Ex Willy Fuchs Collection (Sotheby's, 24-25 April 1997), lot 3; purchased from Kratz of Frankfurt, April 1963.