Lot 3615

Sale 56 · Australian & World Coins, Banknotes, Historical & Military Medals & Badges

Netherlands, West Friesland, silver ducat or silver rider, 1659, obv. rider on horseback with sword to right, rev. arms, date above, (D.4939). Waterworn with some surface porosity, otherwise about very fine with a clear date.

Ex. Wreck of the `De Liefde' (The Love), the Dutch East Indiaman wrecked late October 1711 off the Shetland Islands.