Triton XIX, Lot: 2365. Estimate $3000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Regensburg (Freie und Reichsstädte). Josef II. Holy Roman Emperor, 1765-1790. AV 5 Dukaten (42mm, 17.03 g, 12h). Iohann Christoph Busch, mintmaster. Struck 1765-1766. Crowned double-headed eagle with crowned and collared coat-of-arms on breast, holding sword, scepter, and globus cruciger / View of the city of Regensburg; above, radiant pyramid over eagle flying right, head left, holding scepter and globus cruciger; in exergue, coat-of-arms bearing crossed keys and ICB, with olive branch and palm frond. Beckenbauer 221V corr. (mintmaster); KM 392; Friedberg 2560. EF, lustrous, removed from mount.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from James Elmen, March 1981.