Triton XIX, Lot: 2361. Estimate $20000. Sold for $25000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Münster (Fürstbistum). Christoph Bernhard von Galen. 1650-1678. AV 6 Dukaten (48mm, 20.84 g, 12h). Dated 1661 (in Roman numerals). Half-length bust of St. Paul, holding sword, in clouds above view of the city of Münster / Coat-of-arms surmounted by five elaborately crested helmets; crossed croizer and sword in background. Schulze 103b; KM 82; Friedberg 1773. EF, faint traces of bezel, resulting in slight waviness.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, February 1981.