Transylvania 1627-MC 2 thaler Dav-4718B

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Künker sale 263, lot 2124

This specimen was lot 2124 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €5,000 (about US$6,459 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SIEBENBÜRGEN, FÜRSTEN Gabriel Bethlen, 1613-1629. Doppelte Reichstalerklippe 1627, MC, Kaschau. Geharnischtes Hüftbild r. mit der Rechten das Zepter schulternd//Gekröntes, vierfeldiges Wappen mit dem Familienwappen Bethlen als Mittelschild. RR Hübsche Patina, kl. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, kl. Druckstelle im Feld der Vorderseite, fast vorzüglich. (principality of Transylvania, Gabriel Bethlen, 1613-29, double thaler of 1627, Kaschau mint. Obverse: armored bust to right holding scepter; reverse: crowned quartered arms with Bethlen arms on escutcheon. Rare, toned, rim cracks, dent in obverse field, choice extremely fine.)"

Gabriel Bethlen, the prince, was a Calvinist who allied himself with the Ottomans against the Catholic Hapsburgs. Another rare and expensive thaler from this locale. This type also exists round (Dav-4718E) and is even rarer thus.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 57.02 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-4718B; Resch 389 var, KM 171.2.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Adolf Resch, Siebenburgische Münzen und Medaillen von 1538 bis Gegenwart. Hermannstadt, 1901 (reprinted in Montreal, 1965).
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.

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