Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1554. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Augustus the Younger. 1635-1665. AR 1 1/2 Taler (43.00 gm, 10h). Henning Schluter, mintmaster. Dated 1655. AUGUSTUS V G G HERZOG ZU BRUNSWYK UND LUNABURG, Augustus, clad in armor, on horseback right; 1 1/2 punched into flan below horse / ALLES MIT BEDACHT ANNO 1655 H:S, complex coat-of-arms garnished with five helmets bearing ornate crests. Welter 773; Davenport 77; KM 450.1. Good VF, attractive old collection toning. ($2000)