10 dukaten, gold, Hildesheim ca 1618.

Without year. Weight 30,91 grams. Diam ca 5,9-6,00 cm. Text "RUDOL(phus) II RO(manus) IMP(erator) VIC(tor) AC.TTIU(mphator) SE(mper) A(augustus)" and "DA PACEM DOMINE IN DIEBUS NOSTRIS HILDESHEIM". Very rare.

Perforated. Wear.

Provenance

According to note: Djus Nils Jönsson, born 1863 9/2, married 1905 to Håmås Ingeborg Persdotter, born 1851 13/8). Djus is a farm name at Siljan, Sollerön, Dalarna, Sweden.

Literature

Friedberg 1314.

More information

Enclosed a description of the coin from 1924 by Carl Anton Ossbahr 1859-1925, curator at the Swedish Royal Armoury and a connoisseur of coins and medals.

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