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Auction: 13015 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 475

Poland, John III Sobieski (1674-96), 4-Ducats, 13.72g, 1677, Cracow, ioannes iii d. g. rex pol. m.d. lit. rus. pr., laureate and draped bust right, rev. view of the city of Cracow, rays emitting from clouds above, mdclxxvii 1 apr in exergue, alma urbs cracovia below (F.-; HCz.2424), four neat light marks for value above clouds on reverse, some other, irregular, scratches on obverse, some marks on edge, very fine, a great rarity

provenance
Count Emeryk Hutten-Czapski



According to the historian and numismatist Jan Ciirzciciel Albertrandi (1731-1808), medallic 4-Ducats and 3-Ducats were struck to celebrate the re-opening of the Cracow mint in 1677.

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Sold for
£5,000