Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1448. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Sachsen-Albertinische Linie. Johann Georg II. 1656-1680. AR Doppeltaler (57.84 g, 3h). Dated 1661. PRO FIDE ET PATRIA, SURSUM up left field; DEORSUM down right, ornate monument surmounted by shield bearing monogram of Johann Georg set on crossed sword and palm and surmounted by ornate and crested helmet decorated with with all-seeing eye; plinth decorated with all-seeing eye; flowers at base; crowned Bible depicting the bronze serpent of Moses and the Crucifixtion in left field; crowned and wreathed crossed swords in right field, radiant cartouche with Hebrew "YHWH" above / NUMM: IN:/AUGUR:IN:MEMOR:/TEMPLI AD ARCEM/MORITZBURG:INSTI:/TUTO:SERENISS D.D./IOHANNIS GEORGII II•/ELECT:SAX:EXTRUCTI/CUSUS ET IPSA ELECTO/RIS MANU LAPIDI AN=/GULARI IMPOSIT9/D•1 NOVEMB•Ao/M•DC•LXI. •acorn• (pellet above o), in twelve lines across field. Schnee 912; Davenport 401. EF, beautifully toned.