CNG 87, Lot: 1673. Estimate $2000. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Braunschweig-Lüneburg. Principality of Wolfenbüttel. Rudolf August. Duke, 1666-1704. AV Dukat (23mm, 3.42 g, 11h). Zellerfeld mint; Rudolf Bornemann, mintmaster. Dated 1680. D : G : RUDOLPH AUGUST : DUX B : E : L, draped and armored bust right / REMIGIO ALTISSIMI, war galley under sail right on sea; beach in foreground; above, rayed name of God in Hebrew; R.1680.B in exergue. Welter 1822; Friedberg 641; KM 546. VF, minor flan waviness.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.