Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1548. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg. Ernst August. 1679-1698. AR 1 1/2 Taler (43.78 gm, 12h). Goslar mint, Rudolf Bornemann, mintmaster. Dated 1688. SOLA BONA QUÆ HONESTA, R B flanking base of wreath, ANNO 1688 in exergue, crowned EA monogram within wreath set on crossed sword and crozier; all surrounded by fifteen coats-of-arms set on wrealth, 1 1/2 punched into flan / Anepigraphic, Brunswick horse leaping left over mining scene, being crowned by manus Dei emanating from clouds. Welter 1925; Davenport 245; KM 281.2. EF, with choice dark iridescent toning. ($2500)