CNG 91, Lot: 1197. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUSTRIA, Salzburg (Erzbistum). Johann Ernst von Thun und Hohenstein. 1687-1709. AR Halb Taler (34mm, 14.53 g, 12h). Dated 1695. + IOAN : ERNESTUS D : G : ARCHIEPS : SALISB : S : SED : AP : LEG :, coat-of-arms; date across lower field / + SS : RVDBERTVS · ET · VIRGILIVS · PATRONI · SALISBVRGENSES ·, Sts. Rupert and Virgilius seated facing one another, both wearing miter, nimbus crown, and episcopal regalia, and holding crozier, the former also holding salt cellar; cathedral model to lower right. Probszt 1818; KM 253. EF, toned.