CNG 100, Lot: 574. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUSTRIA, Salzburg (Fürsterzbistum). Johann Ernst von Thun und Hohenstein. 1687-1709. AV Vierteldukat (15mm, 0.88 g, 12h). Dated 1699. Coat-of-arms surmounted by tasseled galero (cardinal’s hat) / St. Rupert, in episcopal, regalia seated facing, holding salt cellar and crozier. Popken, Salzburg 1113 var. (date); Probszt 1786; Friedberg 835. Superb EF, lustrous.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller.