Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1761. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOHEMIA. Václav II. 1278-1305. AR Pražské groše (3.77 g, 8h). Kuttenberg (Kutná Hora) mint. + DЄI : GRATIA : RЄX : BOЄMIЄ/+ WЄNCЄZLΛVS · SЄCVNDVS (double annulet stops), crown / + (star) GROSSI : PRAGЄNSЄS (star) (double annulet stop), Crowned lion rampant left. Smolík 2; Castelin 6. Superb EF, attractively toned.

From the Leonard O. Greenfield Collection.

The son of Ottokar II and Kunigunda Rostislavna, Václav II was kept from the crown during his regency, but returned to Bohemia in 1283 and became the Duke of Kraków in 1291. Following the death of Przemysł II, Václav became King of Poland as well. With the rich silver strike discovered in Kutná Hora, Václav took control of the mine and made silver production a royal monopoly, with the Pražské groše becoming one of the most popular silver coins of the period.