256, Lot: 418. Estimate $100. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Pfalz bei Rhein (Alte Kurlinie). Ludwig IV von Wittelsbach. 1436-1449. AR Groschen – Weißpfennig (25mm, 1.75 g, 8h). Bacharach mint. Dated 1445 in Roman numerals. Coat-of-arms surrounded by three smaller coats-of-arms; all within trilobe / Half-length bust of St. Petrus facing slightly right within Gothic archway, wearing nimbus crown and holding cruciform scepter and key; coat-of-arms below. Levinson I-78. VF, toned.

From the Rye Collection.