CNG 90, Lot: 2213. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Sachsen-Albertinische Linie (Kurfürstentum und Herzogtum). Friedrich August I von Polen (der Starke [the Bold]). 1694-1733. AR Taler Klippe (57mm, 25.25 g, 9h). Commemorating the Treaty of Nijmegen. Dresden mint. Dated 1699. Large crowned A within laurel and palm wreath / Hercules advancing left in clouds, looking upward to receive wreath from hand emerging from clouds above, holding club and lion skin. Kahnt 254; Schnee 993; Davenport 7657. VF, lightly toned, faint scratches on obverse.

From the HLT Collection.

From the outset of the Franco-Dutch war, the Dutch resistance to the multinational invasion led by France was surprisingly strong, eventually forcing the French king Louis XIV to abandon his goals. Hostilities soon gave way to negotiations among the many nations participating in the conflict. These negotiations took place between August 1678 and December 1679, ultimately culminating in the Treaty of Nijmegen. Johann Georg II, an ally of France, issued this taler to commemorate the treaty.