Saxe-Altenburg 1623 thaler Dav-7382

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Künker Auction 441, lot 4549

This specimen was lot 4549 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €3,600 (about US$4,953 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SACHSEN-ALTENBURG, HERZOGTUM Johann Philipp, Friedrich, Johann Wilhelm und Friedrich Wilhelm II., 1603-1625. Reichstaler 1623, Deutschhofmünze in Altenburg. RR Attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich Das vorliegende Stück ist eine Alleinprägung des Herzogs Johann Philipp. Er ließ im Jahr 1623 Taler, Halb- und Vierteltaler ohne Namensnennung seiner jüngeren Brüder ausprägen. (duchy of Saxe-Altenburg, John Philip, Frederick, John William and Frederick William II, 1603-25, thaler of 1623, Altenburg mint. Very rare, attractive example with handsome patina, very fine to extremely fine. The present piece represents a sole coinage of duke Johann Philipp. In 1623, he had thalers, half thalers, and quarter thalers struck without naming his younger brothers.)

Johann Philipp wurde 1597 in Altenburg geboren. Er war seit seiner Volljährigkeit 1618 bis zu seinem Tod regierender Herzog von Sachsen-Altenburg. Im Oktober 1618 heiratete er Elisabeth, Tochter des Herzogs Heinrich Julius von Braunschweig-Lüneburg. Johann Philipp verstarb 1640 und wurde in der Brüderkirche in Altenburg beigesetzt. Er hinterließ keine männlichen Erben, seine einzige Tochter Elisabeth Sophia vermählte sich mit Herzog Ernst I. (dem Frommen) von Sachsen-Gotha. (Johann Philipp was born in Altenburg in 1597. From the time he came of age in 1618 until his death, he served as the reigning Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. In October 1618, he married Elisabeth, daughter of Duke Heinrich Julius of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Johann Philipp died in 1640 and was laid to rest in the Brüderkirche in Altenburg. He left no male heirs; his only daughter, Elisabeth Sophia, married Duke Ernst I (the Pious) of Saxe-Gotha.)"

This state was created in 1602 from Saxe-Weimar for Johann II and survived until the death of Frederick William III in 1672, when it was claimed by Saxe-Gotha. This rare type was struck in 1623 along with the common KM 302/Dav-7371, showing his brothers.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 29,22 g.

Catalog reference: KM 303, Dav-7382; Kernbach 9.2; Schnee 300.

Sources:

  • 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.
  • Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800, Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.

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