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Auction: 23006 - The Official COINEX Auction at Spink
Lot: 643

The Wilhelm Hüffer (1821-1895) Collection | German States, Barony of Jever, Friederike Auguste Sophie of Anhalt-Bernburg, Princess Consort of Anhalt-Zerbst, as Regent-Governor under Tsar Paul I of Russia (1793-1807), Thaler, 1798, Silberhutte Mint, SUB • UMBRA • ALARUM • TUARUM, crowned double-headed imperial eagle, rev. FRIED • AUG • SOPH • PRINC • ANH • DYN • IEVER • ADMIN •, value and date in wreath, edge engrailed, 21.99g, 12h (Bitkin 1; Dav. 2363; Mann 425; KM 110), greenish hues and rub to high points, otherwise a pleasingly good very fine, very rare

Provenance

The Wilhelm Hüffer (1821-1895) Collection of European Coins and Medals

with his envelope



When the male line of Anhalt-Zerbst died out with Frederick August, his territories were handed out among his relatives. Jever, in Lower Saxony, was given to his sister, Empress Catherine II of Russia, and was then inherited by Emperor Paul I. Catherine II had allowed her late brother's widow, Friederike Auguste Sophie of Anhalt-Bernburg, Princess Consort of Anhalt-Zerbst, to rule Jever on her behalf, as did Paul I, who granted permission for the issue of Thalers in 1798.

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Sold for
£1,000

Starting price
£700