View source for Austria (1601-04) 2 thaler Dav-8111

[[Image:Austria K293-1547.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 293, lot 1547]]

This specimen was lot 1547 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €4,600 (about US$6,200 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Erzherzog Ferdinand, 1564-1595. Doppelter Reichstaler o. J. (posthume Prägung 1601/1604), Hall. Stempelschneider Peter Hartenbeck. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Sehr attraktives Exemplar mit prachtvoller Patina, kl. Schrötlingsfehler, vorzüglich.'' (Holy Roman Empire, archduke Ferdinand, 1564-95, undated double thaler (posthumous issue of 1601-04), Hall mint. Engraver Peter Hartenbeck. Scarce in this quality, very attractive example with exquisite patina, minor edge defects, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> Davenport notes a considerable number of thalers and multiple thalers struck for the archduke, Dav-8088 thru Dav-8103, all without dates. This type is noted as a posthumous pattern, so we have attributed it to the year 1601.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 57.97 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' M./T. 313 (Stempel 2/1), [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-8111]].

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1484-1600,'' Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, ''Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017. 

''Link to:''
* [[Austria (1564-95) 2 thaler Dav-8109|(1564-95) double thaler, Hall mint]]
* [[Austria (1564-95) thaler Dav-8101|(1564-95) thaler, Hall mint]]
* [[Alsace (1564-95) 2 thaler Dav-8093|(1564-95) double thaler, Ensisheim mint]]
* [[Austria (1564-95) 2 thaler Dav-8119|(1564-95) double thaler, Hall mint]]
* [[Austria (1564-95) 2 thaler Dav-8120|(1564-95) double thaler, Hall mint]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1601]]
* return to coins of [[Austria]]

[[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 293, 294]]