Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1431. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Braunschweig-Lüneburg. Principality of Calenberg-Hannover. Ernst August. 1679-1698. AR Doppeltaler (57.73 g, 12h). Zellerfeld mint; Rudolf Bornemann, mintmaster. Dated 1681. SOLA BONA QUAE HONESTA ANNO 1681, crowned monogram within laurel wreath surrounded by 15 crowned coats of arms; R B (mintmaster’s initials) flanking monogram below; 2 stamped below / Horse leaping left; above, arm holding laurel wreath reaching from the clouds; in background, scene of countryside; below, mining scene. Welter 1924; Davenport 239. Good VF, toned.