Sale: Triton X, Lot: 995. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Augsburg (Stadt). Ferdinand III. Holy Roman Emperor, 1637-1657. AR Taler. Johann Bartholomaus Holeisen II, mintmaster. Dated 1642. IMP : CÆS : FERD : III • P • F • GER : HVN: BOH : REX •, laureate and draped bust right, lion’s head on shoulder / AVGVSTA • VIN DELICORVM, city view of Augsburg, winged cherub above, pine cone on base in foreground; 16 42 in cartouche. Forster 292; Davenport 5039; KM 77. In NGC slab graded MS 64, toned. A nice specimen of the popular Augsburg city view type struck in the name of Ferdinand III.