Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1594. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Saxony. Johann Georg I.1615-1656. AR Taler (29.10 gm, 1h). Constantin Rothe, mintmaster. Dated 1645. (orb) IOHAN GEORG D G dvx sax ivl cliv et montiv, half-length armored bust of Johann Georg right, holding sword, helmet in front / SA ROM IMP ARC HIM ET ELECT (acorn) 1645, complex coat-of-arms garnished with eight helmets bearing ornate crests; C R at sides. Davenport 7612; KM 425. Superb EF, virtually as struck. A few spots of horn silver on generally lustrous surfaces. ($500)