Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1557. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Eichstatt. Sede Vacante. AR Double Taler (55.97 gm, 12h). Johann Peter Warner, mintmaster. Dated 1790. CAPITULUM EYSTETTENSE REGNANS SEDE VACANTE, 17 V EINE FEINE MARK 90 on scroll in exergue, W•, wreathed edge, empty bishop's throne on mantled daïs; table containing mitre and crozier and table containing crown and sceptre on either side; all within chamber; S:WILI•, St. Willibald reclining left, resting right arm on book while cradling crozier, and extending left hand, and S.WALB:, St. Waldberga kneeling left, holding radiante ampule set on book with both hands, on clouds above; Eye of God within triangle in field between; below, W to right / EXUNO OMNIS NOSTRA SALUS., WILLIBALDS BURG on scroll in exergue, oak tree bearing the names of the bishops of Eichstatt; cathedral and countryside behind. Davenport 2212; KM 95. EF, iridescent toning over reflective surfaces. ($2000)