Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1718. Estimate $600.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

POLAND. Mieszko III. 1173-1202. AR Bracteate (0.14 gm). Gnesen (Gniezno) mint. Struck 1181-1202. Half-length facing armored bust, holding palm branch; outer margin with striations, retrograde Hebrew letters "gnd"(Gnesen?) or "brcha" (blessing) in left field. Gumowsi, Hebraische 196; Freidenberg pg. 21, 12; Kopicki 110; Hutten-Czapski 5461. Good VF, lightly toned. Similar to the Karolkiewicz specimen (Triton IV, 6 December 2000, lot 2034). Rare. ($600)

From the Robert Schonwalter Collection.

See lot 1717 for a note on the reign of Mieszko III.