Silesia-Liegnitz-Brieg 1621 thaler Dav-7718B

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Künker sale 400, lot 259
Silesia in 1648; Brieg is S of Breslau and Liegnitz is NW

This specimen was lot 259 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €9,500 (about US$12,324 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SCHLESIEN, LIEGNITZ-BRIEG, HERZOGTUM, Johann Christian und Georg Rudolf, 1602-1621. Reichstalerklippe 1621, Reichenstein. Beider Hüftbilder mit umgelegten Mänteln einander gegenüber, darüber Reichsapfel, der die Umschrift teilt//Dreifach behelmtes, vierfeldiges Wappen. Von großer Seltenheit. Sehr schön. Exemplar der westfälischen Privatsammlung „Mehrfachportraits auf Münzen und Medaillen". (Germany, Silesia, duchy of Liegnitz-Brieg, John Christian and George Rudolf, 1602-21, klippe thaler of 1621, Reichenstein mint. Obverse: half-length portraits of the brothers facing each other, imperial orb in the legend; reverse: triple helmeted and quartered arms. Extremely rare, very fine.)"

The dukes issued several thalers in 1621, including KM 184 (shown here), KM 169/Dav-7718 (round, struck 1617-21), KM 267/Dav-7720 (rare) and KM 268/Dav-7720A (rare). This one, in klippe format, was also struck 1618-19. The line lapsed in 1675 and the properties were annexed by the Hapsburgs.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28.17 g.

Catalog reference: KM 184, Dav-7718B; F. u. S. 1550.

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., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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