Watch List notes:

GERMANY, Kleve (Herzogtum). Johann II der Pious/der Kindermacher (the Pious/the ‘Babymaker’). 1481-1521. AR Stüber (27mm, 2.84 g, 9h). Wesel mint. Dated 1485 in Roman numerals. Swan left, with one wing outstretched; coat-of-arms to left / Long cross fleurée, with rosette at center and W Є S Λ’ in quarters. Levinson I-200. Near EF, attractively toned. Well struck.


From the Rye Collection. Ex Virgil M. Brand Collection (Part V, Leu 70, 20 October 1997), lot 6866; Vielhaber Collection (Sally Rosenberg, 5 December 1921), lot 80.