From the Alfred Noss Collection

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1210. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Köln (Erzbistum). Hermann IV von Hessen. Archbishop-Elector, 1480-1508. AR Albus (1.85 g, 5h). Deutz mint. Dated 1489. St. Peter standing facing, holding staff and key, behind coat of arms of Cologne / Cruciform coats of arms of Cologne, Hesse, Nidda, and Ziegenhain. Noss, Köln 482f (this coin illustrated); Schulten 1607; Levinson I-231; Cappe 1180; Frey 321. VF, toned. Scarce.

From the Robert A. Levinson Collection.

This coin, produced by the archbishopric of Cologne, is illustrated in Alfred Noss’ 1913 standard reference Die Münzen der Erzbischöfe von Cöln, 1306-1547. At that time, the coin was in the author’s personal collection.