Austria (1594) 2 thaler Dav-8107A

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Künker sale 423, lot 53

This specimen was lot 53 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €2,000 (about US$2,832 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Erzherzog Ferdinand, 1564-1595. Dicker doppelter Reichstaler o. J. (vor 1594), Hall. Eisenschneider Valentin Koska. Geharnischtes Hüftbild r. mit Erzherzogshut und Löwenkopfschulter, mit der Rechten das Zepter schulternd, die Linke am Schwertgriff//Gekröntes, mehrfeldiges Wappen (Ungarn, Böhmen / Kastilien und León / Österreich und Burgund), mit Mittelschild (Tirol), umher die Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies. Von großer Seltenheit. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Dorotheum 462, Wien 1992, Nr. 858. (Holy Roman Empire, archduke Ferdinand, 1564-95, undated thick double thaler, Hall mint. Obverse: Armored and capped half length bust with scepter and sword and lion's head on shoulder; reverse: crowned manifold arms of Hungary, Bohemia, Castile, Leon, Austria and Burgundy with the escutcheon of Tyrol, Order chain around. Extremely rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"

Davenport notes a considerable number of thalers and multiple thalers struck for the archduke, Dav-8088 thru Dav-8120, all without dates. Most are common. This design was also used for a triple thaler (Dav-8106). Double thalers Dav-8096, Dav-8098 and Dav-A8100 are very similar but on those, the legend on the reverse is interrupted by the crown.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 57,21 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-8107A; M./T. 305.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Cuhaj, George S., Thomas Michael and Douglas Nicol, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
  • Heinz Moser and Heinz Tursky, Die Munzstatte Hall in Tirol, 2 vols. Innsbruck: Verlag Dr Rudolf Erhad, 1981.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 423: Coins and medals from Tyrol - The collection of Dipl.-Ing. Hermann Wohnlich., Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

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