Austria 1516 1/2 batzen

Künker Auction 441, lot 4653

This specimen was lot 4653 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €90 (about US$124 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Maximilian I., 1490-1519. 1/2 Batzen 1516, St. Veit. Leichte Prägeschwäche, vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung Kommerzialrat Dr. Herbert Wenzel, Wien. (Holy Roman Empire, Maximilian I, 1490-1519, half batzen of 1516, St. Veit mint. Slightly weakly struck, extremely fine.)"

A half batzen was two kreuzer. Numista shows a number of half batzen for Austria but not this one with two shields on the obverse.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.5-1.6 g, silver, 22 mm diameter, this specimen 2,02 g.

Catalog reference: Egg S. 194, 24.

Sources:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• ^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.

Links:

• (1504-10)-☘ kreuzer, Lienz mint, struck for Gorizia
• (1510-19) batzen, Vienna mint
• MDXIIII (1514) ducat
• 1516 batzen, St. Veit mint
• MDXVI (1516) quarter guldiner, St. Veit mint
• 1522 10 ducats, St. Veit mint
• Coins and currency dated 1516