Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1806. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Jülich-Berg. Wilhelm II von Berg. Count, 1361-1408. AR Weißpfennig (2.38 g, 12h). Mülheim mint. Struck 1377-1380. : WILLELM · COmES DE mOnTЄRΛ (pellet and triple pellet stops), civic coat-of-arms of Jülich-Berg within tressure of eight arches / + XPC · VICIT · XPC RЄGnΛT XPC I(PR)/(shield) MOnETΛ · MOLIM’, cross pattée. Saurma 2954. Good VF, toned.

From the Leonard O. Greenfield Collection.

Rising to the status of duke in 1380, the dating for this issue can be narrowed down to the final years of the 1370’s, the type having started around 1377 at the earliest. The obverse draws on similar Dutch coinages, while the reverse is a clear imitation of the French tournois series.