Auction Name: 2025 December 6 - 9 HKINF World & Ancient Coins Platinum Session and Signature® Auction - Hong Kong

Lot Number: 34019

Shortcut to Lot: HA.com/3127*34019

Peter I gold Ducat 1716 AU53 NGC, Moscow mint, KM151, Bitkin-54 (R2), Fr-90. 3.42gm. No Clasp on Drapery. The final date and type of Peter the Great's gold Ducat Trade coinage, featuring the legends in Latin, a change in custom from all previous issues in the series. Gold Trade coinage issued under Peter the Great is among the most prized genres of Russian collecting, so given that this Latin legend type was produced for just one year in 1716, these issues are immensely desirable. As is common on most of the Russian gold Trade coinage from throughout the 18th Century, the flan on this specimen is slightly wavy and uneven, but thankfully this did not have a negative impact on strike quality. Peter's bust and the reverse eagle show no prolonged swaths of weakness in the strike detail, lending to an appreciable visual display. An excellent quality representative, proudly inhabiting its marigold flan that yields the occasional glimmer of mint bloom. It was nearly 30 years ago, in August of 1997, when this issue last was handled by Heritage. We are thrilled to offer this splendid trophy coin, fittingly, as part of such a legendary assemblage of Russian numismatics.
From the Geneva Collection

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