Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1704. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOWLANDS, Hainaut. William III (V of Holland) the Insane. 1356-1389. AV Cavalier d'or (3.79 gm, 4h). GVILLVS:DEI:GRA:COMES:Z:DNS:hANONIE armored knight on horseback left, wielding sword; lion on caparison / +XPC:VINCIT:XPC:REGANT:XP:IMPERAT, floreate cross in quadrilobe; quadrilobe in center, trefoils in angles. Delmonte 288; De Mey d'or 1128; Friedberg 255 (Belgium). Good VF. ($1500)

William was the grandson of William III of Holland. His uncle William IV died at the battle of Staveren against the Frisians in 1345, and his mother Margarethe, married to the emperor Ludwig of Bavaria, became regent of Holland for her young son. Shortly after William came into his majority, it became clear he was mentally unbalanced and unable to rule, and Albrecht, Margarethe's second son became de facto ruler of Holland, being formally installed upon William's death in 1389.