Aachen 1403 groschen
This specimen was lot 1277 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $3,360. The catalog description[1] noted, "AACHEN: Free Imperial City, AR groschen, 1403, facing figure of Charlemagne holding orb and scepter with shield in foreground and SCS KAROL MA - GNVS IPERAT around // medium-length cross separating inner legend with ANNO DOMINI MILLESIMO CCCC TERCIO MON - ETA - VRB' - AQEN around in two concentric circles, light ghosting of cross on obverse, some edge oxidation (removable?), wonderful well-struck portrait of Charlemagne, date in Roman numerals and spelled out (TERCIO), EF, R."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 2.54 g.
Catalog reference: Saurma-2803, Levinson-I-6.
- Levinson, Robert, The Early Dated Coins of Europe, 1234-1500: An Illustrated Catalogue and Guide to dated medieval coinage. Clifton, NJ: Coin & Currency Institute, 2007.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.
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