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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1432. Estimate $2500. 
Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008. 
Sold For $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Braunschweig-Lüneburg. Principality of Calenberg-Hannover. Ernst August. 1679-1698. AR 1 1/2 Taler (43.08 g, 12h). Zellerfeld mint; Rudolf Bornemann, mintmaster. Dated 1688. SOLA BONA QUAE HONESTA ANNO 1688, crowned monogram within laurel wreath surrounded by 15 crowned coats of arms; R B (mintmaster’s initials) flanking monogram below; 1 1/2 stamped below / Horse leaping left; above, arm holding laurel wreath reaching from the clouds; in background, scene of countryside; below, mining scene. Welter 1925; Davenport 245. Good VF, toned, minor scratch on horse under tone.