Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1625-HL thaler Dav-6306

formerly in the Wildman Collection

This type was struck 1613-28 in Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and is among the more common thalers of the period. This specimen seems to be a product of the Goslar mint; HL are the initials of mintmaster Henning Loehr. The "wild man" design was popular in Brunswick and Hannover at the time and appeared on many different thalers and minors. Duke Friedrich Ulrich ruled 1613-34.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Davenport 6303, KM 52.1.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.

Links to:

• (1622) 1¼ thaler, denomination on obverse
• (1622) 1¼ thaler, no denomination on obverse
• 1624-HS quarter thaler, wild man reverse
• 1624 thaler, wild man reverse
• Hamburg 1623 thaler Dav-5365
• 1625-HL quarter thaler, wild man reverse
• Brunswick-Dannenberg 1625 thaler Dav-6427
• 1625-HL thaler, wild man reverse
• 1625-HS 1½ thaler, for the St. Jacob's mine
• 1625-HS double thaler, for the St. Jacob's mine
• 1625-HS triple thaler, for the St. Jacob's mine
• 1626-HS ⅛ thaler, on the death of the duke's mother
• 1626-HS quarter thaler, wild man reverse
• 1626-HS thaler, on the death of the duke's mother
• 1626-HS thaler, wild man reverse, beaded inner border
• Coins and currency dated 1625