CNG 108, Lot: 929. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (Herzogtum). August der Jüngere (the Younger). 1635-1666. AR 1.5 Taler (63mm, 12h). Zellerfeld mint; Henning Schlüter, mintmaster. Dated 1664 HS. August on horse rearing right, holding reigns and baton; 1½ stamped below / Coat-of-arms surmounted by five elaborately plumed helmets. Welter 772; Davenport 77; KM 450.4. In NGC encapsulation, 4192045-005, graded AU 55. Toned.

From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection.