CNG 90, Lot: 2196. Estimate $200. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Nürnberg (Stadt). Johann Leonhard Oexlein. fl. circa 1737-1787. AR Baptismal Taler (49mm, 36.55 g, 12h). Das Blut Jesu Christi des Sohns Gottes machet uns rein von aller Sünde (The blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God made us clean of all sins), Minister standing right and holding infant over baptismal font set on ornate pedestal, preparing to baptize it with water flowing from side of crucified Christ left; above, God, extending hand and holding globus cruciger above dove of the Holy Spirit; I • L • Œ on base of pedestal / Die in Christum getaufft sind Die sind in seinen Todt • Rom. • 6 (Those who are baptized in Christ are those baptized in His death • Rom. 6, Mein Pat, gedenck,/bey dem Geschenck,/der Taüffling Pflicht!/vergiß ia nicht,/was ich versprach/u(nd). kom ihm nach. (Be mindful, my godparent, of the gift of baptismal duty! Forget not in practice what I pledged and discharged to Him.) in six lines; all within laurel wreath decorated with symbols of the Passion. Fassbender T34; Forster 871. EF, toned, die break on obverse.

From the HLT Collection.