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Auction: 23006 - The Official COINEX Auction at Spink
Lot: 424

Würzburg, under Swedish Occupation, Gustav II Adolf (1611-1632), Reichsthaler, 1632, by Mathäus Lauffer [Mintmaster], D : G : GVSTAVVS ° ADOLPHVS • SVEC • GOT : VAN : REX ° armoured half-length bust right, wearing falling lace collar, holding staff and orb, surrounded by a laurel wreath, Hebrew tetragrammaton in rays above, rev. Gott mit uns, in gothic script above crowned coat of arms with ornaments and griffin heads, "tre kronor" in first and fourth, "folkungar" in second and third quarters, with central shield of corn sheaf (Vasa), 16-32 in small characters above, 28.66g, 2h (SB 9c; Dav. 4560B; Hagander 141; Helmschrott 242), cleaned and smoothed in fields, otherwise residually lustrous, very fine, the reverse bolder, scarce

Provenance

The Dr Frank Becker Collection of World Coins

Ahlström-Thomas Høiland Auction, 25 November 2006, lot 389

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Sold for
£600

Starting price
£450