Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1920. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Saxony. Johann Georg I. 1615-1656. AR Taler (29.00 g, 11h). Dresden mint; Constantin Rothe, mintmaster. Dated 1652. (orb) IOHANN GEORG • D : G • DVX • SAX • IVL • CLIV • ET MONT:, armored bust right, holding sword and plumed helmet / • SA • ROM • IMP • ARC HIM • ET ELECT (acorn), complex coat-of-arms topped by eight ornate helmets; date and C R flanking. Schnee 879; Sammlung Vogel 6869; Davenport 7612; KM 425. EF, toned. ($300)