Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2023 NYINC Auction 13-16 Jan 2023
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GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Wolfenbuttel. "Falsehood" Taler, 1597. Goslar Mint. Heinrich Julius. PCGS AU-50.
Dav-9090; KM (MB)-270; Welter-628. Part of the Duke's series of "emblematic" Talers that reference his disputes with some of the rural nobles, this "falsehood" Taler presents a lion (representing the Duke) being crowned by an angel flying in the air. Meanwhile, the lion tears into an ibex, representing the quarrelsome nobles. Pleasingly detailed and enchantingly toned.
From the Robert C. Knepper Collection.
Estimate: $600 - $900
Dav-9090; KM (MB)-270; Welter-628. Part of the Duke's series of "emblematic" Talers that reference his disputes with some of the rural nobles, this "falsehood" Taler presents a lion (representing the Duke) being crowned by an angel flying in the air. Meanwhile, the lion tears into an ibex, representing the quarrelsome nobles. Pleasingly detailed and enchantingly toned.
From the Robert C. Knepper Collection.
Estimate: $600 - $900