GERMANY BRAUNSCHWEIG–WOLFENBUTTEL “BRILLENTALER” OF 1588 WITH WILDMAN DESIGN – VF IRIDESCENT WORLD COIN (Inv. 20826)

$1,385.00

20826. GERMANY. BRAUNSCHWEIG–WOLFENBUTTEL. JULIUS, 1568–1589.
Silver “Brillentaler,” 1588, 29.06 g, 41 mm. Mint of Goslar.
Obv. Coat of arts surmounted by helmets. Rev. Wildman standing left, holding candle, tree, skull, hourglass and spectacles that hang from the left arm; horse leaping left in left field.
Dav 9067.
Ex Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 119, 5/16/2021, lot 934 = Künker 308, 6/19/2018, lot 2041 = Künker 32, 3/6/1996, lot 3558.
Good VF, colorful iridescence, wonderful detail with the famed eyeglasses (“brillen”) that give the name to the coin clearly visible.