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Auction: 25055 - British Medals and World Coins featuring The Hurter-Amman Collection of Ancient and European Gold
Lot: 952

NGC AU58 | Austria, Principality of Batthyány, Karl Josef (1764-1772), Gold 5-Ducats, 1764, Vienna, struck from Half-Thaler dies, CAROL. S:R:I: PRINC: DE. BATTHYAN. P:I:N:U:&.S: COM: AUR: U:E:C:C: P:S: U:S:C:, cuirassed bust right, wearing Collar of the Golden Fleece, signed I. TODA. F. below truncation, rev. GEN: C: MAR: U:L:DIM: COL: U:S:C: & R:A:M:A:I: COMS: & S: CONF: M: 1764., crowned and mantled shield of Batthyáni with five helms and winged horse supporters, edge engrailed, 17.37g, 12h (Pavlícek -; Schön 2; Fb. 551; Holzmair 7; Macho & Chlapovic 25 (7 May 2021), 213; KM 4), a mysterious one year type, with a tiny but distinctive flaw in the right obverse field; with some lustre around the details, extremely fine and OF THE HIGHEST RARITY, only three specimens known to this cataloguer, in NGC holder, graded AU58 (Cert. #8534343-002)

Provenance

The "Hurter-Amman" Collection of Ancient and World Gold and Silver Coins and Medals


Dr. Hans Nussbaum (Zurich), by private treaty - Fr. 950 [with his ticket]



https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/8534343-002/58/


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Estimate
£20,000 to £30,000

Starting price
£7000