Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 2044. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Sachsen-Albertinische Linie. Johann Georg I. Elector, 1611-1656. AR Taler Klippe (28.58 g). On the marriage of his daughter Maria Elisabeth to Friedrich VII. Dresden mint. Dated 1630. Half-length bust right, holding scepter in left hand, plumed helmet to right / Two clasped hands below crossed swords; all within wreath. Schnee 866; Davenport 7609; Merseburger 1145. Good VF, lightly toned.

This klippe, part of Saxony’s extensive series of commemorative coinage, celebrates the marriage of Johann Georg’s daughter, Maria Elisabeth, to Friedrich VII of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf.