Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1807. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Köln (Erzbistum). Walram von Jülich. Archbishop, 1332-1349. AR Turnose (3.84 g, 10h). Deutz mint. 5th emission, 1343. + WΛLRΛM’ : ΛRChIЄPCS : COLONIЄ (triple pellet stop), bust facing, wearing miter; all within tressure of seven arches; trefoils at each inner angle / + XPC : VICIT : XPC : RЄGNΛT : XPC : INRΛT :/+ MONЄTΛ : TVyCIЄN (triple pellet stops), cross pattée. Noss, Köln 53; Saurma 2669. VF, toned.

From the Leonard O. Greenfield Collection.

Born to Gerhard V, count of Jülich, and Elisabeth von Brabant-Aarschot, Walram von Jülich became the archbishop of Köln due in large part to the financial backing of his brother, Wilhelm V, then count of Jülich. Through his support for the election of Karl IV as Holy Roman Emperor, he was able expand the territory of the archbishopric. Of numismatic note, he introduced both the Gulden and the Turnose, the latter being of great collecting interest on account of their artistic nature.