Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1913. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Saxony. Augustus.1553-1586. AR Taler (28.81 g, 11h). Dresden mint; Hans Biener, mintmaster. Dated 1562. (floret) AVGVSTVS • D : G • DVX • SAXONIE • SA • ROMA • IM, armored bust right, carrying sword and mace; date in field, two leaf-shaped coats-of-arms below / ARCHIMARS CHAL • ET • ELEC, complex coat-of-arms topped by three ornate helmets; HB monogram above. Schnee 713; Sammlung Vogel 6642-6643; Davenport 9795. EF. ($300)