Earliest Dated Taler

Triton XIX, Lot: 716. Estimate $2000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. Sigismund. Archduke, 1446-1490. AR Taler (42mm, 31.17 g, 2h). Hall mint. Dated 1486. Crowned, draped, and armored figure standing facing, holding globe-tipped scepter on shoulder and hilt of sword; to left, coat-of-arms held by lion; to right, crested and crowned helmet / Knight in German Gothic armor, holding banner, on caparisoned horse galloping right; 1486 below; helmet decorated with elaborate crowned crest; coats-of-arms around. Davenport 8087; Moser & Tursky 64; Levinson IV-49a; Frey 274. VF, toned, lightly chased in fields.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.