1/6 Thaler    (sold for $46.0)

1678, Brandenburg-Ansbach, John Frederick. Silver 1/6 Thaler (1/4 Gulden) Coin.
He was the father of the Queen Caroline of England. R!

Mint Year: 1678
Reference: KM-82.
Denomination: 1/6 Thaler (1/4 Gulden)
Condition: Bent (as usual and as made) by the roller dies, which have produced the coin, minimal deposits, otherwise XF!
Diameter: 30mm
Weight: 6.02gm
Material: Silver

Obverse: Bust of John Frederick right, denomination (1/6) below   arm truncation.
Legend: IOH . FR . DG . M . BRAND . MAG : (1/6) *

Reverse: Crowned multiple coat-of-arms of Brandenburg- Ansbach within foliage.
Legend: PR . D . B . NOR . - . PR . HALB . M . C . 16 - 78 .

The Principality of Ansbach (German: Fürstentum Ansbach) or Brandenburg-Ansbach was a reichsfrei principality in the Holy Roman Empire centered on the Bavarian city of Ansbach. The ruling Hohenzollern princes of the land were known as margraves, as the principality was a margravate (but not a march).

Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (October 18, 1654 – March 22, 1686), succeeded his father Albrecht V as margrave in 1667. He married his second wife Eleanor Erdmuthe Louise of Saxe-Eisenach on November 4, 1681. Their daughter Wilhelmine Charlotte Caroline, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (Caroline of Ansbach) married George II of Great Britain before he became king.