Mansfeld-Artern 1616-AK thaler Dav-6950

from Steve Album sale 27, lot 1368

This specimen was lot 1368 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $352.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MANSFELD-ARTERN: Volrat I, 1615-1627, AR thaler, 1616. also citing Jobst II of Eisleben & Wolfgang III of Bornstädt, helmeted arms dividing A K // St. George slaying the dragon, VF, ex Hans Mondorf Collection." Mansfeld-Artern was one of the many subdivisions of Mansfeld but went extinct after two generations and was absorbed by Mansfeld-Bornstedt in 1631. This specimen appears extensively tooled on the obverse.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 27.78 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-6950; KM-13.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.

Link to:

• Mansfeld-Bornstedt 1611-GM thaler Dav-6919
• 1616-AK half thaler
• Mansfeld-Artern 1619-HI thaler Dav-6956
• Coins and currency dated 1616
• return to coins of German States, Mansfeld