Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1808. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Köln (Erzbistum). Friedrich II von Saarwerden. Archbishop, 1371-1414. AR Weißpfennig (2.48 g, 12h). Riel mint. 3rd emission, 1376. FRIDICVS : ΛRЄVS COL(On) (triple pellet stop), half-length bust of St. Peter standing facing within gothic arch, holding cruciform scepter and key; above, coats-of-arms of Saarwerden and Köln / + PЄRyTΛLΛRCn : MOnЄTΛ RyL(Єn) (triple pellet stop), coat-of-arms of Köln-Trier within ornate cartouche. Noss, Köln 193; Saurma 2683. Good VF.

From the Leonard O. Greenfield Collection.

The successor and nephew of Kuno von Falkenstein, Friedrich II von Saarwerden was elected to the office in 1370 at the age of 22. He administered the coronation of Václav as King of the Romans at Aix-la-Chapelle in 1376, only to have that title revoked. In Václav’s place, Friedrich crowned Ruprecht III von der Pfalz as the new rex Romanorum in 1401 at Köln.