Catalogue
Germany, Brandenburg (Prussia), Albrecht of Brandenburg (1528-1569), silver groschen 1538, 1542, (Saurma 5072, 5076 as 2686 Pl.LXXXVIII, 2686]); another silver twelfth thaler 1693 (KM.582); others from Aachen two marck 1753; Bamberg, Bishopric of Lother Franz (1693-1729), silver four kreuzer 1700GFN (KM.85); Bavaria, three kreuzer 1696 (KM.128). Mostly very fine or better. (6)
Estimate $200
SOLD $240
Germany, Brunswick Luneberg, Henry the Lion, (1142-1195), Bishop of Augsburg, silver bracteate, obv. lion walking to left, rev. incuse version, (Kestner Hannover 619-626, Bonhof 364). Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $280
Germany, Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, George Ludwig (George I of England) (1699-1727), silver two marien groschen 1702, (prancing horse) (KM.31); others c.1700 (St.Andrew), 1708 (Wildman) (KM.6); four marien groschen 1714 (prancing horse) (KM.33); silver third thaler 1700 (KM.27). Very good - good fine. (5)
Estimate $160
SOLD $190
Germany, Brunswick - Luneburg - Calenberg - Hannover, George Ludwig (George I of England), silver thaler, 'Wild Man' type, 1721 C (KM.114, D.2076). Toned, obverse surface marks, otherwise fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Germany, Brunswick - Luneburg - Calenberg - Hannover, George III, silver one sixth thaler, 1794 PLM, (KM.400). Light golden peripheral tone, extremely fine or better and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Germany, Brunswick-New Wolfenbuttel, Rudolph August and Anton Ulrich, (1685-1704), silver twenty four marien groschen or two third thaler, 1696, (KM.615). Good fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Germany, Cologne, Archbishopric, St.Anno II v. Steusslingen (1056-1075), silver pfennig, obv. facing bust, rev. city walls, (Havernick 338 [Pl.9], Bonhoff Collection 1561]. Fine - very fine and rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
Germany, Fulda, Heinrich V (1288-1313), silver denier as a bracteate, c.1288 obv. HE NE Heinrich facing with palm, (Kestner Hannover 2305, Bonhoff 1380). Minor edge crack, toned, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Germany, Hall (Swabia), silver heller, c.1350, obv. hand, rev. cross, (Saurma 1365 [Pl.XX, 608); Eppstein in Augsburg, Eberhard IV (1481-1535), silver batzen 1520 (Saurma 1450 [Pl.XXI, 648]) (illustrated); Corvey, Heinrich V von Aschenbrock (1616-1621), silver groschen, (Saurma 3121 [Pl.LV, 1681], KM.13]) (illustrated). Mostly very fine. (3)
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Germany, Hamburg, silver sixteen schillings 1789 (KM.222); minors include Hanau, one albus 1695, Hamburg, silver four schillings 1727, 1749, one schilling 1819, one sechsling 1855, one dreiling 1855; Hesse-Cassel, one eighth thaler 1767, Hesse Darmstadt, Ludwig II, six kreuzer 1833; Julich, Carl Theodor quarter stuber 1785/3 (KM.205, unlisted overdate). Fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $180
SOLD $210
Germany, Hamburg, silver three marks, 1910J, obv. arms, rev. crowned eagle, (KM.296); Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm IV, coronation silver thaler, 1861 (KM.488); Wurttemberg, Wilhelm II, (1891-1918), silver three marks 1913F, (KM.635). Lightly toned, nearly extremely fine or better. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
Germany, Hannover, William IV (of England), silver sixteen gute groschen, 1833, (KM.145.3). Extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $130
Germany, Jever, Herman Billung, (d.1086), silver denier, (0.89 grams), obv. facing head, rev.cross and four pellets, (Dannenberg 597 [Die deutschen Munzen der sachsischen and frankischen Kaiserzeit]). Nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $120
Germany, Magdeburg, Archbishop Albrecht I von Kaefernburg, (1205-1233), silver denier as a bracteate, c.1205, obv. archbishop facing with cross and standard, head below, (Kestner Hannover 1586, Bonhoff 712). Lightly toned, very fine and rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $140
Germany, Magdeburg, city coinage, silver groschen, 1619, (1.35 grams), obv. city gates, (Saurma 4152 [Pl.LXXIII, 2200], KM.225). Good very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $110
Germany, Meissen, Heinrich the Noble (1221-1288), silver denier as a bracteate, 45mm diameter, c.1225, obv. Heinrich facing with branches, (Kestner Hannover 1902, Bonhoff 1032). Large fragile example, toned, very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Germany, Meissen, Ernst (1464-1484) and Albrecht & Wilhelm of Meissen in Saxony, 1466 [dated 66] horngroschen, (2.84 grams), obv. and rev. helmet and shield, (Saurma 4390 [Pl.LXXVIII, 2351]). Nearly very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $260
Germany, Metz, bishopric ecclesiastical issue, Bertram, (1179-1187, 1189-1212), silver pfennig, c.1180, obv. Bertram to left, rev. hand and cross, (Wendling II, E, k.7, Peus Sale 328 [lot 1672]). Blue and gold tone, good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Germany, Metz, Archbishop, Theodorich de Roppart (1365-1384) silver groschen, (3.37 grams), obv. cross plain in angles, legend within two inner circles, rev. bishop standing in circular field, (Saurma 1881 [Pl.XXX, 913]). Toned, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $480
Germany, Metz, free city (c.1350) silver groschen, (3.28 grams), obv. cross plain in angles, legend within two inner circles, rev. St.Stephen standing in oval field, (Saurma 1889 [Pl.XXX, 921]). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $550
Germany, Metz, free city (early 14 century), silver four deniers obv. cross stars in angles, legend within one inner circle, rev. St.Stephen, (Saurma 1891 [Pl.XXX, 923], Robert 782). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
Germany, Metz, free city (c.1450) groschen, (2.80 grams), obv. cross stars in angles, legend within two inner circles, rev. St.Stephen, (Saurma 1890 [Pl.XXX, 922]). Slightly bent, very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $340
Germany, Osnabruck, bishopric ecclesiastical issue, Gerhard II von Oldenburg - Wildeshusen (1192-1216), silver denier, c.1200, obv. Gerhard facing with bishop mitre, rev. gate to city, (Bonhoff 1672, Kestner - Hannover Collection 2721 [p.334-5]). Attractive grey tone, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Germany, Ottingen, Counts Wolfgang and Joachim, (1477-1520), silver groschen, 1516, obv. St. Sebastian pierced by arrows, rev. date above arms, (Saurma 1408 [Pl.XXI, 627]). Attractive grey tone, nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Germany, Pfalz, Carl Theodor (1742-1799), silver pattern of gold trade ducat, 1792, commemorative marking 50 years of reign, (cf.KM.178). Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Germany, Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm II, (1786-1797), silver thaler, 1791B, (Bayreuth mint), (KM.348.2, D.2597A); Friedrich Wilhelm III (1797-1840), silver thaler, 1814A (Berlin mint), (KM.387). Very fine - nearly extremely fine. (2).
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Germany, Ravensburg, Konrad IV (1250-1254), silver denier as a bracteate,c.1250, obv. towers and gateway over sixpointed star, (Kestner Hannover 2551-3, Bonhoff 1846). Toned, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, Friedrich II (the good) and Wilhelm III (the brave) (1428-1464), silver groschen, c.1450, Colditz mint, another Freiburg mint, obv. lion rampant left, rev. arms, (Saurma 2344, 2350 [Pl.LXXVII-LXXVIII]). Attractive tone, very fine, both scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Germany, Saxony, Ernst, Wilhelm, Albrecht and Margaretha, silver half groshen, (1464-1482), partial dates [14]71 and [14]78, (cf.Saurma 2353-4, [Pl.LXXVIII], Frey 189 [1478 dated issue noted]); another August I, (1553-1586), silver eighth thaler, 1570, obv. August bust right, rev. arms, (Saurma 2404 [Pl.LXXX]); Toned, first with chip in edge, otherwise very good - very fine and rare. (3)
Estimate $180
SOLD $300
Germany, Saxony, Ernst (1469-1486) and Albrecht (1482-1485), silver pfennig, c.1475, Maltese cross over shield bracteate (Saurma 2356 [Pl.LXXVII]: Frederich August II (1836-1854), silver thaler 1854F, commemorative of death, (KM.1180.2); Frederich August I (1806-1827), silver sixth thaler 1809, (KM.1050); another 1/48th thaler 1811/1801 overdate, (KM.1048). Fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $150