Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1764. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOHEMIA. Vladislav II Jagellonský. 1471-1516. AR Pražské groše (2.87 g, 3h). Kuttenberg (Kutná Hora) mint. + DЄ[I : GRATIA + RЄX : BOЄMIЄ/+ WLADISLAVS SЄCVNDVS (double saltire stops), crown / + (star) GROSSI + P[RA]GЄNSЄS (star), crowned lion rampant left. Smolík 6; Castelin 87. VF, some areas of weakness.

From the Leonard O. Greenfield Collection.

The namesake of his grandfather and of two uncles, Vladislav II Jagellonský was proposed to the Bohemian throne by the widow of his predecessor, Jiří z Poděbrad. After receiving the crown of Bohemia and then Hungary, Vladislav was challenged by Corvin Mátyás of Hungary, their dispute being settled by the Peace of Olomouc in 1479. The treaty called for Vladislav to cede the outer areas of Bohemia to Mátyás, while retaining Bohemia proper. Additionally, they would each be able to continue using the title ‘King of Bohemia,’ though Vladislav would be able to buy back the ceded lands in the event of Mátyás’s death.