Triton XX, Lot: 1221. Estimate $3000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Sachsen (Herzogtum). Heinrich der Löwe (the Lion). 1139/1142-1195. AR Bracteate (28mm, 0.75 g). Braunschweig mint. Henry seated facing, atop two-turreted castle, holding lis-tipped scepter and sword; towers and reverted lions flanking / Incuse of obverse. Kestner –; Löbbecke 119-20; Bonhoff 339. EF, toned.

From the Estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.