Code: 11127
Netherlands, Gelderland, “Silver “Rider” Ducaton.
Obverse: Mounted Knight holding sword, above crowned arms, with legend surrounding.
Reverse: Crowned arms with lion supporters, date in cartouche below, with legend surrounding.
43 mm in diameter, 27.9 grams.
Sold with a generic Hollandia Certificate.
*From the famous Hollandia Shipwreck, The Hollandia was a Dutch East Indiaman, which wrecked on Annet, Isles of Scilly on 13th July 1743, causing 276 fatalities.
The wreck was discovered and salvaged by Rex Cowan in 1971.
