GERMANY, Erfurt (Königliche Münszstätte). Konrad III. 1138-1152. AR Bracteate (37mm, 0.92 g). + CVNRATVS + LAMPЄRTVS, half-length bust of Konrad facing slighty right, holding sword over right shoulder and spear-tipped banner in left hand; towers flanking; all over arched colonnade / Incuse of obverse. Kestner 2103; Bonhoff –; Löbbecke 581. Wonderful cabinet toning. Superb EF. Very rare.
From the Dr. William J. Conte Collection of Bracteates. Ex Dr. Helmut Hahn Collection (Künker 301, 1 February 2018), lot 502; Estate of Dr. Busso Peus ("Sammlung A," Part II, Peus 319, 2 February 1987), lot 881; Hermann Vogel Collection (A. Hess 194, 25 March 1929), lot 1073; Hermann Dannenberg Collection (A. Hess 102, 6 November 1905), lot 808.