Trier 1617-LS thaler Dav-5882

Künker sale 386, lot 5466

This specimen was lot 5466 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €18,000 (about US$23,260 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"TRIER, ERZBISTUM, Lothar von Metternich, 1599-1623. Reichstaler 1617, Koblenz. Ausbeute der Vilmarer Gruben. * + LOTHARIVS ° D ± G ° ARCHIEP : TRE ° PR ° ELECTOR ° * ° Brustbild r. mit umgelegtem Mantel, am Armabschnitt die Signatur · L · S · (Lorenz Schneider, Münzmeister in Koblenz 1616-1624)//(Lilie) DONVM ° DEI ° EX ° FODINIS ° VILMARIENSIBVS ° 1617 Dreifach behelmtes, vierfeldiges Stifts- und Familienwappen mit Mittelschild von Prüm. Von größter Seltenheit. Felder geglättet, fast vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung "Cygnus in Nummis". Exemplar der Auktion Giessener Münzhandlung 19, München 1981, Nr. 1386 und der Preussag Collection, Part II, Auktion London Coin Galleries/Künker 2, London 2016, Nr. 1583. (archbishopric of Trier, Lothar of Metternich, 1599-1623, thaler of 1617, Coblenz mint, for the Vilmarer mine. Obverse: mantled bust right, engraver's initials on the truncation; reverse: triple helmeted, quartered state and family arms with escutcheon of Prum. Extremely rare, fields smoothed, about extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1616-17 and is unpriced in the SCWC. The archbishopric issued numerous thalers in the seventeenth century (Dav-5863 thru Dav-5893), only a few ever appear for sale. The region was annexed by France in 1792 and awarded to Prussia in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28,84 g.

Catalog reference: KM 33, Dav-5882; Müseler 70/4; v. Schr. 145.

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., German Church and City Talers, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1967.
• ^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

Link to:

• 1591 thaler
• Trier (1599-1623)-T pfennig, Lothar von Metternich
• 1619 goldgulden, St. Peter obverse
• 1624 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1617