Exceptional Pedigreed Thüringian Bracteate

Triton XX, Lot: 1225. Estimate $20000. Sold for $20000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Thüringia (Landgrafschaft). Ludwig III der Fromme (the Pious). 1172-1190. AR Bracteate (44mm, 0.93 g). Gotha mint. Ludwig riding right, holding shield in left hand and banner in right; two small crosses behind / Incuse of obverse. Gotha 183a; Kestner 2201-2; Löbbecke 752-4; Bonhoff 1308-10. Superb EF, wonderful cabinet tone. Fully struck.

Ex Margaretha Ley Collection (Lanz 69, 7 June 1994), lot 353; Marquis Albrecht Kubinsky von Hohekubin Collection (Lanz 41, 26 May 1987), lot 64.