Austria (1601-04) 2 thaler Dav-8114

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Künker sale 423, lot 58

This specimen was lot 58 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,399 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Erzherzog Ferdinand, 1564-1595. Doppelter Reichstaler o. J. (posthume Prägung 1601-1604), Hall. Eisenschneider Peter Hartenbeck. Mit TIROL am Ende der Rückseitenumschrift. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz, umgelegtem Mantel und der Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies//Gekrönter Tiroler Adler, oben Ehrenkranz mit fliegenden Bändern. Fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Leu 27, Zürich 1980, Nr. 4. (Holy Roman Empire, archduke Ferdinand, 1564-95, undated double thaler, posthumous strike, circa 1601-04, Hall mint, with TIROL at the end of the reverse legend. Obverse: armored, mantled and laureate bust right with Order chain; reverse: crowned Tyrolean eagle, wreath above with flying ribbons. About extremely fine.)"

Davenport notes a considerable number of thalers and multiple thalers struck for the archduke. This design, a posthumous issue, was also used for single thalers.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 58 g, silver, this specimen 57,72 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-8114; M./T. 312 (1/4).

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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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