Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1598 thaler Dav-9076

Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale, lot 30147

This specimen was lot 30147 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $780. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Wolfenbuttel. Taler, 1598. Goslar Mint. Heinrich Julius. PCGS AU-53. A pleasing and rather elegant one-year type, this emission features the wildman standing within a fancy border, or a tressure of arches with inward-facing lis. Lightly handled and very well struck for the type, with excellent detail on the wildman himself and with a great cabinet tone spread throughout. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This "truth" thaler was struck 1598 only and is common. Several other thalers (Dav-9075, -9077, -9078, -9080, -9081, -9083, -9084, -9085, -9086, -9091) have this nickname. The cross of Lorraine mintmark (found to the right of the bottom of the shield) refers to Andreas, mintmaster 1570-99. Andreasberg was the only other mint coining for the duke at this time.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM MB-293, Dav-9076; Welter-637.

Source:

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.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1598 thaler Dav-9076

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