Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1039. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $465. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Sachsen-Albertinische Linie. August. Elector, 1553-1586. AR Taler. Commemorating the capture of Gotha by August, Elector of Saxony. Dresden mint. Dated 1567. MDLXVII / GOTHA • CAPTA / SVPPLICIO • DE • PRO / SCRIPTIS • IMP : HOS / TIB : OBSESS • SVMPTO / COTERISQ • FVGATIS / AVGVSTVS • D SAXO / ELECTOR • (mintmark) • / • F • F • in nine lines / TANDEM * BONA * GAVSA * TRIVMPHAT +, crossed swords within coat of arms. Schnee 717; Merseburger 678; Davenport 9800. In NGC slab graded AU 53, toned.

This taler commemorates the capture of Gotha by the forces of August, Elector of Saxony. With the consent of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II, August besieged the town in late 1566. After its surrender on 13 April 1567, August added it to his territory. It would later become the capital of the duchy of Saxe-Gotha.