CNG 99, Lot: 1004. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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GERMANY, Bayern (Kurfürstentum). Maximilian II Emanuel. 1679-1726. AR Schraubtaler (41mm, 10.89 g, 12h). München (Munich) mint. Dated
1694. Armored and draped bust right / Crowned Maria (Mutter Jesu) seated facing on clouds, holding scepter and Jesuskind, who holds globus cruciger and points heavenward; coat of arms below. Cf. Hahn (for coin); cf. Davenport 6099 (same). Reverse threaded for use as lid. Obverse has parchment decorated with painted figures of Jesus and young male figure attached. Also included are eleven hand painted mica overlays illustrating scenes from the Passion, beginning with the Garden of Gethsemane, and concluding with the Burial. EF, coin toned, one mica disk partially missing. Once part of Spink stock (1948).