423, Lot: 508. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUSTRIA, Holy Roman Empire. temp. Rudolf II. Emperor, 1576-1611. CU Raitpfennig (25.5mm, 2.40 g, 12h). Dated 1585. Hourglass flanked by lighted altars containing date; all set on entablature; below, skull-and-crossbones set in weeds / DER · MENSCH/IN · PARADIS :/GOTTES · GE/BOT · VORLIS :/DRVM · IS · DER ·/TOT · GEWIS : in six lines; all within ornate frame. Prokisch D.1/4a; cf. Neumann 1001. Near EF, brown surfaces, a couple of scratches on reverse. Rare.

Ex Meister & Sonntag 17 (3 June 2013), lot 1187.