Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1914. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Saxony. Augustus. 1553-1586. AR Taler (28.83 g, 7h). Dresden mint; Hans Biener, mintmaster. Dated 1565. (floret) AVGVSTVS • D : G • DVX • SAXONIE • SA • ROMA • IM, armored bust right, carrying sword and mace; date in field, two leaf-shaped coats-of-arms below / • ARCHIMARS CHAL • ET • ELEC, complex coat-of-arms topped by three ornate helmets; HB monogram above. Schnee 713; Sammlung Vogel 6642-6643; Davenport 9795. EF, lustrous. ($400)