Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1468. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Hessen-Darmstadt. Ernst Ludwig. 1678-1739. AV 2 Dukaten (6.85 g, 12h). Darmstadt or Gießen mint; Johann Adam Rebhun, mintmaster. Dated 1704. Armored and draped bust right / Landgravial coat-of-arms surmounted by five crested helmets; Order of Golden Fleece below; date and mintmaster’s initials across lower field. F. 1199; Hoffmeister 6578; Schütz 2842; Friedberg 1199. VF, typical light circulation marks, slightly wavy flan. Rare.