Rostock 1605 1-1/2 thaler Dav-LS378
This specimen was lot 4246 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €28,000 (about US$36,641 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ROSTOCK, STADT. Breiter 1 1/2 facher Reichstaler 1605, auf die Erbhuldigung für Herzog Karl von Mecklenburg am 27. August. IN : A : MAIORIB ·9 VIRTUTE : PARTO : PRECIOSA : POSSESSIO : EST (Münzmeisterzeichen des Joachim Köneke) Behelmtes und verziertes Stadtwappen mit sechs bzw. fünf Fahnen an den Büffelhörnern//NON : BENE : PRO : TOTO : LIBERTAS : VENDITUR : AURO : 1605 · Gekrönter Doppeladler, auf der Brust Reichsapfel. Von großer Seltenheit. Attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Patina, sehr schön +. (Germany, city of Rostock. Broad 1½ thaler of 1605, in homage to the duke of Mecklenburg. Obverse: helmeted arms; reverse: crowned imperial eagle with orb on chest. Very rare, attractive example with handsome patina, very fine or better.)"
The city of Rostock was under the sovereignty of the dukes of Mecklenburg but claimed the mint right as a member of the Hanseatic League. Her issues in the seventeenth century are sparse and expensive.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 44,02 g.
Catalog reference: KM 4, Dav-LS378; Kunzel 59 A/a Anm; Grimm 88.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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