Triton XIX, Lot: 2777. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Hamburg (Freie und Hansestadt). AV Halb Portugaleser (39mm, 17.41 g, 12h). Bicentennial of the Augsburg Confession. By von Goedeke. Dated 25 June 1730. D · MARTINUS · LUTHERUS ·, bust of Martin Luther facing slightly right; VERUM DOMINI MANET IN AETERNUM / IN DEINEM LICHT · SEGEN WIRDASLICHT ·, lit candle, open Gospel, and open book inscribed CONF: AUG: set on draped table; in exergue, IUBILAUM · CONF AUG II. A 1730 · 25 IUN ·. Gaedechens 1805. Choice EF, traces of mount.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Dr. Nelson Page Aspen Collection (Bowers & Merena, 9 August 1989), lot 2254.