Triton XIV, Lot: 1320. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Braunschweig-Lüneburg. Principality of Celle. Christian Ludwig. Duke, 1641-1665. AR 1½ Taler (64mm, 42.82 g, 12h). Clausthal mint; Lippold Wefer, mintmaster. Dated 1664. SINCERE ET CONSTANER * ANNO * 1664 *, crowned monogram within laurel wreath surrounded by 14 crowned coats-of-arms set on oak wreath; L W (mintmaster’s initials) flanking monogram below; 1½ stamped below / Horse leaping left, monogram on flank; above, arm holding laurel wreath reaching from the clouds; in background, scene of Clausthal countryside; below, mining scene. Welter 1498; cf. Duve 12A; Müseler 10.4.1/69a; Davenport 190b . Good VF, toned.

Ex Gemini II (10 January 2005), lot 588.