Exceptional Pedigreed Thüringian Bracteate
GERMANY, Thüringia (Landgrafschaft). Ludwig III der Fromme (the Pious). 1172-1190. AR Bracteate (44mm, 0.93 g). Gotha mint. + LVDЄVVICHVS • PROVINCIALIS • COMЄS • A, Ludwig, in full armor, right on caparisoned horse, holding banner in right hand and shield in left; to left, small quatrefoil above small cross pattée with central pellet in incuse in each bar / Incuse of obverse. Gotha 183a; Kestner 2201-2; Löbbecke 752-4; Bonhoff 1308-10. Superb EF, wonderful cabinet tone.
Ex Triton XX (10 January 2017), lot 1225; Margaretha Ley Collection (Lanz 69, 7 June 1994), lot 353; Marquis Albrecht Kubinsky von Hohekubin Collection (Lanz 41, 26 May 1987), lot 64.
