Artistic Workmanship

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1835. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Bergamo. Comune. 11th-early 14th century. AR Grosso da 6 denari (2.06 g, 10h). Struck in the name of Federico II, 1236-1250. IMPRT FREDERI/CVS (S horizontal), laureate, draped, and armored bust right / PGA down left field, MVM down right field (P barred), Church façade flanked by towers set on ached arcade, itself set on rock outcropping. CNI IV 138; Biaggi 351. Superb EF, toned.

Bergamo was a member of the Lombard League which fought against Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in the twelfth century. However, a century later, they were on the side of Barbarossa’s descendant, Frederick II.