Live auction - fwo_358463 - NETHERLANDS - HOLLAND Ducat d'or au chevalier 1777 Dordrecht
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| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | 365 € |
| Maximum bid : | 375 € |
| End of the sale : | 29 September 2015 18:05:28 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Ducat d'or au chevalier
Date: 1777
Mint name / Town : Dordrecht
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 986 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,5 g.
Edge : striée
Coments on the condition:
Ce ducat est frappé sur un flan légèrement voilé. La pièce présente des petites faiblesses de frappe de part et d’autre
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONCORDIA. RES.- PAR. CRES. HOL. // 17-77.
Obverse description : Chevalier debout à droite, en armure, coiffé d'un heaume, tenant une épée de la main droite et un faisceau de sept flèches de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : (Grâce à la Concorde les choses peuvent croître) .
Reverse
Reverse legend : MO: ORD:/ PROVIN:/ FOEDER:/ BELG: AD:/ LEG: IMP.
Reverse description : en cinq lignes dans un cartouche festonné.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie ordinaire de la province fédérée de Belgique de par la loi impériale).
Commentary
La fabrication du ducat d'or a débuté pour l'atelier de Dordrecht en 1586 et s'arrête en 1791. Au XVIIIe siècle, le ducat est frappé de 1736 à 1784.
Historical background
NETHERLANDS - HOLLAND
(1581-1795)
On January 23, 1579, the five provinces of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland and Friesland United Provinces formed a federal state during the Union of Utrecht. The province of Overijssel joined the five provinces in the same year, that of Groningen in 1594. In July 1581, the deputies of the northern provinces declared Philip II deposed. In 1795, the French temporarily instituted the Batavian Republic which replaced the United Provinces..
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