Austria 1583 thaler Dav-8125
This specimen was lot 4677 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €4,200 (about US$5,778 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Erzherzog Karl, 1564-1590. Reichstaler 1583, Graz. Ohne Stern über dem Wappen der Rückseite. In US-Plastikholder der PCGS mit der Bewertung AU 55 (59840408). Sehr seltener Jahrgang. Fast vorzüglich/vorzüglich. (Holy Roman Empire, archduke Charles, 1564-90, thaler of 1583, Graz mint, without star over the arms on the reverse. Graded PCGS AU-55. Very rare date, about extremely fine to extremely fine.)"
This type is listed in Numista for 1579-84.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-8125 (unlisted date); Voglh.-78 VI (unlisted date).
- 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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