View source for Austria 1623 thaler Dav-3125

[[Image:K423-0116.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 423, lot 116]]

This specimen was lot 116 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €4,200 (about US$5,947 including buyers' fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Ferdinand II., 1592-1618-1637. Reichstaler 1623, Hall. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz, Halskrause, umgelegtem Mantel und der Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies, zu den Seiten die geteilte Jahreszahl 16 - Z3//Gekröntes, mehrfeldiges Wappen (Ungarn, Tirol, Böhmen / Habsburg, Österreich, Burgund, Kastilien / Kärnten, Krain, Steiermark, Görz / Burgund, Schwaben, Württemberg, Elsaß), umher die Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies. R Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Auktion Leu 27, Zürich 1980, Nr. 63.'' ([[Austria|Holy Roman Empire]], Ferdianand II, 1592-1618-1637, thaler of 1623, Hall mint. Obverse: armored, mantled, laureate and ruffed bust right with order chain dividing the date; reverse: crowned manifold arms of Hungary, Tyrol, Bohemia, Hapsburg, Austria, Burgundy, Castile, Carinthia, Carniola, Styria, Gorizia, Swabia, Wurttemberg and Alsace, order chain around. Scarce, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1621-23 and is uncommon.The SCWC lists numerous thalers for 1623: 

* [[Alsace 1623 thaler Dav-3345|KM 257.1/Dav-3345]] (Ensisheim mint), 
* [[Alsace 1623 thaler Dav-3170|KM A270/Dav-3170]],
* KM 338/Dav-3125 (shown here), 
* [[Bohemia 1623 thaler Dav-3143|KM 355/Dav-3143]] (Kuttenberg mint),
* [[Bohemia 1623 thaler Dav-3141|KM 356/Dav-3141]] (Joachimsthal mint),
* KM 451 (klippe), 
* KM 452/Dav-3103 (Graz mint), 
* KM 453/Dav-3104 (Graz mint), 
* KM 454/Dav-3147, 
* KM 455/Dav-A3123 (St. Veit mint), 
* [[Austria 1623 thaler Dav-3078|KM 456/Dav-3078]] (Vienna mint), 
* [[Austria 1623 thaler Dav-3330|KM 264.5/Dav-3330]] (Hall mint). 

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 28.5 g, 0.890 fine silver, 42 mm diameter, this specimen 28,72 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 338, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-3125]]; M./T. 426; Voglh. 136 II. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954.
* Cuhaj, George S., Thomas Michael and Douglas Nicol, ''Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd Ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011. 
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1600-1700,'' Galesburg, IL, 1974.
* Heinz Moser and Heinz Tursky, ''Die Munzstatte Hall in Tirol,'' 2 vols. Innsbruck: Verlag Dr Rudolf Erhad, 1981.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Katalog 423: Coins and medals from Tyrol - The collection of Dipl.-Ing. Hermann Wohnlich.,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Austria 1623 1/2 thaler KM-447|1623 half thaler, Hall mint, archduke Leopold]]
* [[Bohemia 1623 thaler Dav-3143|1623 thaler, Kuttenberg mint]]
* [[Bohemia 1623 thaler Dav-3141|1623 thaler, Joachimsthal mint]]
* [[Alsace 1623 thaler Dav-3170|1623 thaler, Ensisheim mint]]
* [[Alsace 1623 thaler Dav-3345|1623 thaler, Ensisheim mint]]
* [[Austria 1623 48 kreuzer KM-407|1623 48 kipper kreuzer, Graz mint, decorated inner circle]]
* [[Austria 1623 150 kreuzer KM-422|1623 150 kipper kreuzer, Graz mint]]
* [[Austria 1623 thaler Dav-3078|1623 thaler, Vienna mint]]
* [[Austria 1623 thaler Dav-3330|1623 thaler, Hall mint]]
* [[Austria 1624 thaler Dav-3078|1624 thaler, Vienna mint]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1623]]

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