Mainz (1354-65) englisch

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Künker sale 404, lot 2122

This specimen was lot 2122 in Künker sale 404 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €6,000 (about US$7,873 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DAS ERZBISTUM MAINZ. ERZBISCHOF GERLACH VON NASSAU, 1354-1371. Die Münzstätte Eltville. Englisch (Sterling Brabanter Typs) o. J., Eltville. Vierfeldiges Wappen (Nassauer Löwe)// Blumenkreuz. Von größter Seltenheit. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Kölner Münzkabinett 70, Köln 1999, Nr. 425 und der Slg. Eberhard Link, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 314, Osnabrück 2018, Nr. 5569. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, Gerlach of Nassau, 1354-71, undated sterling of the Brabanter type, Eltville mint. Obverse: quartered arms; reverse: floriate cross. Extremely rare, very fine.)"

The Eltville mint was closed in favor of Bingen in 1365. We don't know the face value of this coin but it was probably intended to be a pfennig, which at that time was still a silver coin.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 0,80 g.

Catalog reference: Slg. Pick I (Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 405) -; Slg. Walther 71.

Source:

  • Grierson, Philip, Coins of Medieval Europe, London: B. A. Seaby Ltd., 1991.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 404: Coins and Medals of the City of Mainz - The Prof. Dr. Eckhart Pick Collection, Part II, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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