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Obverse: ✠ FRIDORICVS ○ ROMANO' ○ IMPA', imperial orb within trefoil.
Reverse: ○ MONET ○ NO. / BASILIEN' , Madonna & Child.
Issuer: Imperial mint at Basel, Switzerland, as Prince-Bishopric under the authority of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1452-1493).
Specifications: Gold, 22.6 mm, 3.33 g. Struck ca. 1452-1478.
Grade: PCGS XF45; cert. #39640149. Purchased raw.
Reference: Numista-134933, Friedberg-9, HMZ 2-49h, Winterstein (Goldgulden) 128-165.*
Provenance: ex-Sincona AG, Zürich, Switzerland, Auction 64, Lot 3075, 10 June 2020.*
Notes: The term guilder or gulden is often used interchangeably with florin to describe similarly sized medieval gold coins from many European polities of the era.
Comments: I found this lovely hammered gold piece attractive for its mellow gold toning and the Madonna & Child design. The "orb in trefoil" motif is also interesting. I was familiar with that from the 16th century Krauwinckel jetons, which have turned up in several bulk lots of World coins I've bought over the years (and at Jamestown, too).
A 1493 woodcut of Basel, around the time this coin would have circulated. From the Nuremberg Chronicle. (Public domain, via Wikipedia)
Fonte : https://www.cointalk.com/threads/switzer...
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