Sale: Triton X, Lot: 944. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUSTRIA, Salzburg. Johann Ernst von Thun und Hohenstein. Archbishop, 1687-1709. AR 1/4 Taler Klippe (7.29 g, 12h). Dated 1687. S : RVDBERTVS • EPS • SALISB : 1687, Saint Rupert seated facing on throne, wearing miter, holding staff in right hand, saltcellar in left / IO : ERNEST9 D : G : ARCHIEP : SAL : S : A : L, two coats of arms, Salzburg crest on the left, family crest on the right, surmounted by cross; legate’s hat above. Probszt 1829; Bernhart-Roll 3491; KM 252. EF, toned.