(sold for $85.0)

1676, Sayn-Wittgenstein, Gustav I. Silver 2/3 Thaler (60 Kreuzer) Coin. Scarce!

Mint Year: 1676 Reference: Davenport 916, KM-63. Denomination: 2/3 Thaler (60 Kreuzer)  State: Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (in KM listed under Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein)  Condition: Light, but numerous hairlines from improper cleaning (brushing), light deposits, otherwise a nice XF! Weight: 16.86gm Diameter: 37mm Material: Silver

Obverse: Facing nimbate bust of Saint Paul, flanked by stars. Legend: GUSTAV . G . Z . S . W . V . HON . H . Z . HVN . L . V . C .   Reverse: Crowned composite coat-of-arms of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, flanked by split date (16-76). Fractional thaler numeral (2/3) in oval frame below. Legend: TANDEM . FORTU (2/3) NA . OBSTERICE .

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein was a county between Hesse-Darmstadt and Westphalia. The county with imperial immediacy was formed by the 1657 partition of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Wittgenstein and raised from a county to a principality of the Holy Roman Empire in 1801. It belonged from 1806 to 1815 to the Grand Duchy of Hesse and after 1816 to Prussia. The capital was Laasphe. The family line belongs to the house of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.