Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1916. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Saxony. Christian II, Johann Georg, & Augustus. 1591-1611. AR Taler (29.01 g, 11h). Dresden mint; Heinrich von Rehnen, mintmaster. Dated 1605. (orb) CHRISTIAN : II : D : G : SA : RO : IMP : ARCHIM : ET EL, armored bust of Christian right, holding sword and plumed helmet; date in field, coat-of-arms below / IOHAN : GEORG : ET AVGVST : FRAT : ET DV • S :, confronted armored busts of the brothers; coat-of-arms below, HVR monogram. Sammlung Vogel 6720; Davenport 7566; KM 24. EF, light iridescent toning, a bold strike with little of the weakness and double striking that affects these Talers. ($300)