| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 162 | Auction date: 6 November 2025 |
| Lot number: 1219 Price realized: 14,000 CHF (Approx. 17,258 USD / 15,036 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Germany Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. Peter Friedrich Ludwig, 1785-1823 Administrator for Peter Friedrich Wilhelm, 1823-1829 Duke (de jure Archduke) 1/3 Taler 1816, Berlin mint, AV 12.39 g. AV off-metal strike. Kalvelage/Trippler 376 note; Schlumberger 516.1.5. Extremely rare. Fdc NGC MS 66* (2175209-018) Purchased from Louis Ciani, Paris 25.5.1934. The piece is likely to have come from the Ferrari collection. Philipp la Renotière von Ferrari (1850–1917) was not only the owner of what is believed to be the largest and most valuable stamp collection that has ever existed, he also had an extensive coin collection. As early as 1911, the Berlin Coin Cabinet was able to acquire his collection of Carolingian coins (at that time the most important in the world with 966 pieces). His other collections, however, were confiscated as evidence of contemporary history. Ferrari was born in Paris as a French citizen and belonged to one of the richest French families. He had a particular fondness for Germany and Austria, which went so far that he took Austrian citizenship. Ferrari kept large parts of his collections at the Hôtel Matignon in Paris. His mother had given the building to Austria-Hungary as an embassy residence. After his death, not only the Hôtel Matignon but also the collections it contained were confiscated by the French state. Ferrari himself had actually bequeathed the coin collections to his brother, two friends and the museums in Hanover (the German coins), Hamburg (the Scandinavian coins) and Belgrade (the Eastern and South-Eastern European coins) in his will, which the French state did not recognise, however. Between 1922 and 1929, large parts of the collection were auctioned in London, Paris and Amsterdam (without mentioning the previous owner Ferrari), and individual remnants were sold by Louis Ciani in Paris in the 1930s. The coin offered here is likely to be one of these remnants. Estimate: 5000 CHF |  |
