Austria 1559 thaler Dav-8013

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Künker Auction 441, lot 4668

This specimen was lot 4668 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €550 (about US$757 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Ferdinand I., 1522-1558-1564. Reichsguldiner (72 Kreuzer) 1559, Wien. Sehr schön. Aus der Sammlung Kommerzialrat Dr. Herbert Wenzel, Wien. Erworben 1952 aus der Sammlung H. Welek. (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand I, 1522-1558-1564, guldiner of 1559, Vienna mint. Very fine.)"

Davenport lists over 130 different thalers for Austria in the sixteenth century. This type was struck 1558-60. It varies from the very similar Dav-8012 by having a double headed eagle instead of the single headed eagle used heretofore. The Dav-8028 from the Hall mint also shows a double headed eagle and Ferdinand with a beard.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 31,01 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-8013; Markl 181 leicht var.; Voglh. 56 III.

Sources:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
  • [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.

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