275, Lot: 328. Estimate $200. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Nordhausen. Friedrich II. 1215-1250. AR Bracteate (47mm, 0.74 g). Emperor, holding lis, and empress seated facing; between, cruciform staff above triple-towered gateway. Löbbecke 731; Kestner 2164-7. Good VF, edge chips.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex European Private Collection (Sotheby’s, 9 October 1995), lot 483.