Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1834. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Early Dated Collection] POLAND, Pomerania. Boguslaus X. AR Szelag (Schilling) (1.32 g, 12h). Damm mint. Dated 1495. (rosette) DVX • BVGSLAVS • STETTIN •, rampant heraldic griffin left / MON ETA • N OVA • D AM 97 [95], coat-of-arms over long cross. Kopicki 4168; Frey 456; Saurma 4844. Good VF. ($1000)

From the John Davis Collection.

Another schilling type from the Damm mint has the date for 1497 rendered as [14]9L. The final digit on this date is an early form of 5.