Sale: Triton V, Lot: 2363. Estimate $15000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Saxe-Altenburg. 1669. AR 2 Thalers (57.83 gm). Commemorating the death of Friedrich Wilhelm II. + FRIDERICUS. WILLHELMUS. D. G. DUX. SAX. IUL. CLIV. & MONT., facing bust / PIUS. IUSTUS. FORTIS. CLEMENS. INCLYTUS. PACIFICUS. around, NATUS./POSTH. VINAR./PR. ID. FEBR. M.DC.III/OBIIT. ALDENB./X. KAL. MAII. M.DC.LXIX./ÆTAT. LXVII./REGIMINIS. XXXI. in seven lines; PIETAS AD ONIA/UTILIS. in two lines in exergue. Davenport 7403; KM pg. 688 (this coin). Toned, good VF. Extremely rare. ($15,000)