Bohemia 1570 guldenthaler Dav-43

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Sincona sale 4, lot 5258

This specimen was lot 5258 in Sincona sale 4 (Zürich, October 2011), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,

"ÖSTERREICH Maximilian II. 1564-1576 Guldentaler 1570, Joachimsthal. Gekröntes, geharnischtes Hüftbild rechts, mit geschultertem Zepter und Reichsapfel worin die Wertzahl 60. Rv. Gekrönter, nimbierter Doppeladler mit gekröntem Wappen auf der Brust. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Austria, Maximilian II, 1564-76, guldenthaler of 1570, Joachimsthal mint. Obverse: crowned, armored half-length bust, holding scepter and orb bearing the value "60"; reverse: crowned, nimbate double-headed eagle with crowned arms on its breast. Very fine to extremely fine.)"

This particular type is a very early gulden, and was struck 1565-73 at the Joachimsthal mint in Bohemia. The guldenthaler would soon be shortened to gulden and its weight slide from five-sixths to two-thirds of a thaler. Bohemia was added to the Hapsburg dominions in 1526.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 24-24.5 g, silver, 38-39 mm diameter, this specimen 24,35 g.

Catalog reference: KM MB173, Diet. 208. Dav-43.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
  • [1]Numismatic Coins, Medals & Banknotes: Auction 4, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2011.

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