Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 2037. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Braunschweig-Lüneburg. Principality of Wolfenbüttel. August der Jüngere (the Younger). 1635-1666. AR Doppeltaler (57.08 g, 11h). Commemorating August’s 88th birthday. Zellerfeld mint; Henning Schluter, mintmaster. Dated 1666. Bust of August facing slightly right, above, two angels, the left crowning him with wreath, the right blowing trumpet; all within laurel wreath / Horse leaping left, scepter in background, within ornate framework; all within wreath of city shields, above which is A : M : 1666 ÆTA : 88 : NAT : X APR :, and below is H S (mintmaster’s signature). Welter 785; Davenport 87c. Good VF, toned.