Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1600. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Saxe-Old Gotha. Johann Casimir & Johann Ernst.1572-1633. AR Taler (29.00 gm, 7h). Saalfeld mint; Wolf Albrecht, mintmaster. Dated 1618. (ORB) D G IOH CASI ET IOH ERN FRA DV SAX IVLIÆ CLI ET MO, confronted armored busts of the brothers shaking hands, FRID ERNEHRT VN FRID VERZEHRT around / +LANDG THV MAR MIS COM MAR ET RAVENS DN IN RA WA, armored knight left with banner and huge ornate crested helmet, sixteen coats-of-arms around, two more above date in fields. Davenport 7427. EF, magnificent multi-hued iridescent toning. ($750)