Hesse-Cassel 1630-TS 2 thaler Dav-LS315
This specimen was lot 5269 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €9,000 (about US$11,630 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HESSEN-KASSEL, LANDGRAFSCHAFT, Wilhelm V. 1627-1637. Breiter doppelter Reichstaler 1630, Kassel. Doppelter Weidenbaumtaler. Vierfeldiges Wappen mit dem hessischen Löwen als Mittelschild, oben der hessische Landgrafenhelm zwischen den Helmen von Katzenelnbogen und Ziegenhain, zwischen den Hörnern des Landgrafenhelms die Signatur TS (verschlungen, Terentius Schmidt, Münzmeister in Kassel 1621-1635), zu den Seiten die geteilte Jahreszahl 16 - 30//Weidenbaum von Blitz, Wolken, Sturm und Regen umgeben, oben r. der Name Jehovas über 25 Strahlen, im Hintergrund 3 - 3 Häuser. RR Attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel, William V, 1627-37, broad double thaler of 1630, Cassel mint. Obverse: quartered arms with the Hessian lion on the escutcheon and the helmets of Hesse, Katzenelnbogen and Ziegenhain with the mintmaster's initials enclosed; reverse: willow tree in thunderstorm, JAHWEH in Hebrew letters above 25 rays, three houses in the foreground. Very rare, attractive example with handsome patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This rare double thaler with the arms obverse is unpriced in the SCWC. Another double thaler of 1630, KM 122/Dav-6742, has a bust obverse. After William V's death, coinage for this state lapsed back into somnolence.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 57,62 g.
Catalog reference: KM 121, Schütz 775; Dav-LS315.
- 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., Large Size Silver Coins of the World, 16th-19th Centuries, 3rd Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1991.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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