Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (15)65 thaler Dav-9051
This specimen was lot 957 in Jean Elsen sale 114 (Brussels, September 2012) where it sold for €170 (about US$263 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,
"ALLEMAGNE, BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBÜTTEL, Heinrich der Jüngere (1514-1568), AR Taler, 1565, Goslar. Droit: B. à gauche, coiffé d'une toque, portant le collier de la Toison d'or. Revers: Ecu écartelé tenu par un homme sauvage, surmonté d'un heaume et entouré du collier de la Toison d'or. Beau à Très Beau. (Germany, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Henry the Younger (1514-1568), silver thaler of 1565, Goslar mint. Obverse: bust to left with cap and the Order of the Golden Fleece; reverse: Quartered arms borne by a wild man, helmet above, Order of the Golden Fleece around. Fine to very fine.)"
This type was issued 1557-68 and is fairly common for the period. This specimen appears to have a mount mark on the reverse.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 27,80 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB-99, Welter-395; Dav-9051.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1500-1600, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [2]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 114, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2012.
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