Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1245. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUSTRIA. Joseph I, as Holy Roman Emperor. 1705-1711. AR Thaler (28.85 gm). Hall mint. Dated 1711/2. IOSEPHUS D G ROM IMP SE AV G HV B0 REX, laureate armored bust right / ARCHID AVST DVX BV COM TYR 1711, crowned imperial arms within Order of the Golden Fleece. CNA V 148-d-8; Davenport 1018; KM 665.1. Toned EF with much lustre. ($300)

A faint but clear overdate. Not only was the engraver getting ahead of himself dating the die 1712, he was also a poor prognosticator; Joseph would die later in 1711.