Birthday of Count Friedrich Adolph

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 935. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Lippe-Detmold. Friedrich Adolph. Count, 1697-1718. AR 1/4 Taler Klippe (7.25 g, 12h). Commemorating his 46th birthday. Tobias Bernard, mintmaster. Dated 1713. FRID • ADOLPH • COM • ET • N • D • LIPP •, draped and armored bust right; • B • below arm / • HEUT • / • SIND • ES • / SECHS • UND / VIRTZIG • IAHR / DA • DISER • HERR / GEBOREN • WAHR / GOTT • LASS • IHN • DOP / PELT • SOLCHE • ZAHL / IN • SEGEN • LEBEN • / (rosette) ÜBERALL (rosette) / ANNO • 1713 • / D12 • SEPT • in twelve lines. Grote 189a; Peus, Koch 2477; KM 133. EF, light gray toning with light golden hues.