166, Lot: 218. Estimate $300. Sold for $215. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Trier. Kuno II von Falkenstein. 1362-1388. AR Doppleschilling (27mm, 1.78 g). Struck 1376. Bust of St. Peter holding sceptre and key under Gothic arch, arms and key above / Coat-of-arms above crossed keys. Noss 178; Saurma 2565/1309. VF, iridescent toning, areas of weak strike.

The relic of the Holy Robe, worn by Christ at his crucifixion, was brought back to Trier by Helena, mother of Constantine, who erected the first church at the site of what would become St. Peter’s Cathedral in Trier, the oldest continually functioning church in Germany.