A Superb Example of the Earliest Dated Taler
Perhaps the Finest Known

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1478. Estimate $30000. Sold for $32500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. Sigismund. Archduke, 1446-1490. AR Guldiner – Taler (41mm, 31.54 g, 4h). Hall mint; Wenzel Kröndl, diecutter. Dated 1486. • SIGISMVnDVS : (rosette) :· ΛRChIDVX • ΛVSTRIЄ •, crowned, draped, and armored figure standing facing, holding globe-tipped scepter in right hand over shoulder and hilt of sword in left hand; to left, coat-of-arms held by lion; to right, crested and crowned helmet / Knight in German Gothic armor, holding banner, on caparisoned horse galloping right; 1486 below; helmet decorated with elaborate crowned crest; Habsburg arms in exergue; arms of Austrian provinces around. Moser & Tursky 64; Moeser & Dworschak 93; Frey 274; Levinson IV-49a; Davenport 8087. Superb EF, iridescent tone. Perhaps the finest known example of the earliest dated taler.

From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection.