Earliest Dated Taler

CNG 112, Lot: 721. Estimate $6000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. Sigismund. Archduke, 1446-1490. AR Taler (42mm, 31.17 g, 2h). Hall mint. Dated 1486. Crowned, draped, and armored figure standing facing, holding globe-tipped scepter on shoulder and hilt of sword; to left, coat-of-arms held by lion; to right, crested and crowned helmet / Knight in German Gothic armor, holding banner, on caparisoned horse galloping right; 1486 below; helmet decorated with elaborate crowned crest; coats-of-arms around. Davenport 8087; Moser & Tursky 64; Levinson IV-49a; Frey 274. toned, lightly chased in fields. VF.

Ex J. Eric Engstrom Collection (Triton XIX, 5 January 2016), lot 716.