Live auction - fwo_410289 - COURLAND - DUCHY OF COURLAND - FREDERICK I KETTLER 3 Gros ou Trojak 1596
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 392 € |
| Maximum bid : | 405 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 December 2016 18:15:06 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : 3 Gros ou Trojak
Date: 1596
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,25 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan régulier, bien centrée de part et d’autre. La pièce est recouverte d’une patine grise de collection ancienne
Obverse
Obverse legend : MO. ARG. DVCVM. - CVR.
Obverse description : Buste fraisé à droite de Frederic Ier Kettler.
Obverse translation : (Monnaie d’argent, duché de Courlande).
Reverse
Reverse legend : III / GROS. ARTR / DVCVM CV / ET . SE / 96.
Reverse description : Légende en cinq lignes.
Historical background
COURLAND - DUCHY OF COURLAND - FREDERICK I KETTLER
(1587-1642)
Frederick I Kettler was Duke of Courlande-Sémigalia from 1587 to 1595 and then from 1616 to 1642. He reigned for more than 55 years. Eldest son of Gotthard Kettler and Anne of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, he inherited his duchy upon his death in 1587 at the age of 17½. In 1595, he decided to share it with his brother Guillaume Kettler who obtained Courland, but the latter was deposed in 1616. He therefore reunited the duchy on this date. Married to Elisabeth Madeleine of Pomerania, he had no posterity. His nephew Jacob Kettler, son of Guillaume and regent since 1638, succeeded him..
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