Bohemia 1583 thaler Dav-8079
This specimen was lot 4692 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, Rudolf II., 1576-1612. Reichstaler 1583, Kuttenberg. Münzmeister Ludvik Karel Satny. Fast sehr schön. (Holy Roman Empire, Rudolf II, 1576-1612, thaler of 1583, Kuttenberg mint. About very fine.)"
This type is listed for 1578-1602; the issues of 1601-02 are catalogued as Dav-3023. The auction records show examples for nearly all the dates with none predominating. The Kuttenberg or Kutná Hora mint in Bohemia was an important producer of coin until it was wrecked during the Thirty Years War. Besides KM MB255/Dav-8079 shown here, we note other Bohemian thalers such as KM MB256/Dav-3020 struck 1578-99, KM MB257/Dav-3029 struck 1578-99, KM MB284 klippe, KM MB285 klippe, KM MB294/Dav-8073.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.97 g, silver, 41 mm diameter, this specimen 28,57 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB255, Dav-8079; Dietiker 368; Voglh. 101 I; Halacka 366.
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- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [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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