Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1648-HS thaler Dav-6348
This specimen was lot 1701 in Jean Elsen sale 162 (Brussels, June 2025), where it sold for €280 (about US$388 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ALLEMAGNE, BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBÜTTEL, August (1635-1666), AR Taler, 1648 HS, Zellerfeld. D/ Le duc à mi-corps à g., en cuirasse, ten. son heaume et un bâton de commandement. R/ Écu orné, sous cinq heaumes. Nettoyé. (Germany, duchy of Brunwsick-Wolfenbuttel, August, 1635-66, silver thaler of 1648, Zellerfeld mint. Obverse: half length armored bust of the duke left, holding a helmet and a baton; reverse: five helmeted ornate arms. cleaned, Very Fine.)"
This type was struck 1647-50 and is very similar to Dav-6338 (struck 1639-48), Dav-6346 (struck 1638-39) and Dav-6347 (struck 1639-46), all common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,96 g.
Catalog reference: KM 398.3, Welter 797; Dav-6348.
- 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.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 162: Collection Jacques Druart, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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