Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1282. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Sachsen-Albertinische Linie. Johann Georg I and August. Electors, 1611-1615. AR Kleine Taler-Klippe (29.24 g, 12h). Commemorating the baptism of his second son, August. Dated 1614 (in chronogram on reverse). _ IOHANN • GEORG • D G • DVX SAX • ARCHIM • ET ELEC (combination of annulet and double-annulet stops), armored half-length figure right, holding baton in right hand, resting left on helmet set on table; all within double-pearled border; SCOPAS VITÆ MEÆ CHRISTVS with six-pelleted rosette above each word in corners; the whole within wreathed border / _ INGLADIIS FLORET RVTA ITA AMONA SVIS (combination of annulet and double-annulet stops), crowned crossed swords within entwined branches of ivy bush at base; all within linear and pearl and grained border; winged cherub in corners; the whole within wreathed border. C&K 78/77 (obv./rev.); Schnee 801 var. (no rosettes in obv. corners); cf. Vogel 6795; cf. Davenport 7583. Good VF, toned, 5 graffito in right obverse field.