Triton XX, Lot: 1198. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Anhalt (Grafschaft). Albrecht der Bär (the Bear). 1123-1170. AR Bracteate (27mm, 0.68 g). Wegeleben, Ballenstedt, or Aschersleben mint. Half-length facing bust of Albrecht, holding sword and banner, within castle composed of turreted arch with two towers; small annulets around / Incuse of obverse. Kestner 1752-4; Löbbecke 394 (Brandenburg); Bonhoff 538. EF, toned.

From the Estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.