Triton XXI, Lot: 1054. Estimate $30000. Sold for $75000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Münster (Fürstbistum). Christoph Bernhard von Galen. 1650-1678. AV 6 Dukat (48mm, 20.71 g, 12h). Dated 1661 (in Roman numerals). à · R^mo · CEL^SMO · DD · CHRISTOPH · BERN · EP^o · ET · PRINCIPE · MONAST · A^o · MDCLXI, half-length bust of St. Paul, holding sword, in clouds above view of the city of Münster / PROTECTOR · MEVS · ET · IN · IPSO · SPERAVI · QVI · SVBDIT · POPVLVM · MEVM · SVB · MW · Psal 143, coat-of-arms surmounted by five elaborately crested helmets; crossed croizer and sword in background. Schulze 103b; KM 82; Friedberg 1773. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 61. Very rare, particularly in this grade.