Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1762. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOHEMIA. Jan Lucemburský. 1310-1346. AR Pražské groše (3.80 g, 6h). Kuttenberg (Kutná Hora) mint. + DЄI : GRATIA · RЄX : BOЄMIЄ/+ IOhANnЄS : PRIMVS (double annulet and trefoil stops), crown / + (star) GROSSI · PRAGЄNSЄS (star) (lis stop), crowned lion rampant left. Smolík 3 var. (obv. legend); Castelin 8-9. VF, toned, minor roughness.

From the Leonard O. Greenfield Collection.

The eldest son of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII and Margaret von Brabant, Jan Lucemburský became one of the seven Prince-Electors of the Empire after the deposition of Jindřich IV Korutanský. Viewed as an outsider in Bohemia, Jan embarked on a voyage through Western Europe, siding with the Teutonic Knights in the Polish-Teutonic War from 1326-1332 and with the French in the Hundred Years’ War, ultimately dying at the Battle of Crécy.