Watch List notes:

GERMANY, Harz. AR Tauftaler – Baptismal Taler (53mm, 29.11 g, 8h). Zellerfeld mint; Ernst Peter Hecht, mintmaster. Dated 1723 EPH. St. John the Baptist kneeling right, baptizing Jesus Christ standing facing in River Jordan, hands crossed over breast; dove of the Holy Spirit and radiate Tetragrammaton / Biblical passages in ten lines. Davenport 2935; Katsouros 14. Toned with traces of iridescence. VF. Overstruck on an earlier type.

Ex Künker eLive 43 (7 December 2016), lot 1224.