275, Lot: 315. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Halberstadt (Bistum). Gero von Schermbke. 1160-1177. AR Bracteate (28mm, 0.89 g). Double-towered archway; above, facing bust of St. Stephen, with hands raised, surrounded by pellets; below, facing bust of bishop, holding crozier and Gospels, between square ornaments. Löbbecke 41; Kestner 1288 and 1291. Good VF, toned.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex European Private Collection (Sotheby’s, 9 October 1995), lot 441.