Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1209. Estimate $250.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Kleve. Johann I. 1448-1481. AR Braspfennig (3.43 g, 7h). Kleve mint. Dated 1479. Helmet of Kleve; coats of arms of Kleve and Mark below / Long cross; fleur-de-lis in angles. Noss, Kleve 149; Levinson I-167; Frey 206. VF, rough in some areas.

From the Robert A. Levinson Collection.

Through a series of unifications, the city of Kleve and its surrounding territory developed a close relationship with neighboring lands in the early modern period. In 1368, the counties of Kleve and nearby Mark were united. In 1417, the united lands were raised to the status of a duchy (hence the depiction of the coats of arms of both Kleve and Mark on this coin). Later, in 1521, Kleve became a component of Jülich-Kleve-Berg, a duchy that lasted until 1609, when the last duke of the unified lands died.