Austria 1470 kreuzer

CNG Triton XXIX, lot 6488

This specimen was lot 6488 in CNG Triton XXIX (New York, January 2026), where it sold for $275.62. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. Frederich III. Emperor, 1452-1493. AR Kreuzer. Wien (Vienna) mint. Dated 1470. Double-headed eagle facing with wings spread / Long cross pattée over short cross saltire. Toned, faint ghosting. Near VF. From the Robert Levinson Collection." The first guldiners (later renamed the thaler) were struck in Tyrol and Schlick soon after this coin was struck. They were worth sixty kreuzer.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.78 g, silver; this specimen 18 mm diameter, 0.98 g, 3 h axis.

Catalog reference: CNA Fa16; Levinson IV-21a.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Levinson, Robert, The Early Dated Coins of Europe, 1234-1500: An Illustrated Catalogue and Guide to dated medieval coinage. Clifton, NJ: Coin & Currency Institute, 2007.
• ^[1]Gasvoda, Michael, Victor England, Eric McFadden, Dave Michaels, Bill Dalzell and Lance Hickman, Triton XXIX, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, LLC, 2025.

Link to:

• 1468 kreuzer, Vienna mint
• 1479 guldiner
• Austria 1479 7 ducats
• Austria (1482-89) 6 kreuzer, Hall mint
• (14)88 kreuzer, Graz mint
• Coins and currency dated 1470