3 Dukat

3 Dukat - obverse3 Dukat - reverse

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Features

Issuer Free city of Riga (Livonian Confederation)
Period Free city (1563-1579)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1572
Value 3 Ducats (972)
Currency Schilling (1561-1581)
Composition Gold (.986)
Weight 10.66 g
Diameter 30 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
86488
References Fed# 608,
Dmitry Yakovlevich Fedorov; 1966. Монеты Прибалтики XIII-XVIII столетий : Coin Identifier = Coins of the Baltic States of 14th - 18th centuries / Определитель монет. Valgus, Tallin, Estonia.
HaljakLiv# 9
Gunnar Haljak; 2002. Liivimaa Mündid : Riia Vabalinna ja Poola-Leedu kuningate aegsed liivima = Livonian Coins : from Freetown Riga and Poland-Lithuania Kings 1562-1621. Self-published, Tallinn, Latvia.

Obverse

Castle under crossed keys, above monogram, and surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CIVITATIS - RIGENSIS
I · R

Translation: City of Riga

Reverse

Crossed keys separating date and surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
MONETA · NOVA · ARGENTEA ·
15 - 7Z

Translation: New silver coin

Edge

Smooth.

Mint

Riga, Latvia (1211-1707)

Comments

The die used for the 1 Mark piece was also used for the 3 Dukat piece.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1572  157Z

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