Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
L.E. Bruun Collection Part II 14-15 Mar 2025
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SWEDEN. Penny (Bracteate), ND (1167-1193). Lödöse Mint. Knut Eriksson. NGC MS-62.
Delzanno-28; Llt-XI:A:1a; Frösell-16; Bruun Auction-29; Bruun-11169. Weight: 0.14 gms. 'KANVTVS REX S'; This rare and impressively thin Mint State bracteate (0.14 gms!) imitates Henry II's English Sterling's with its central en-face portrait and the sword in the legend.
Delzanno-28; Llt-XI:A:1a; Frösell-16; Bruun Auction-29; Bruun-11169. Weight: 0.14 gms. 'KANVTVS REX S'; This rare and impressively thin Mint State bracteate (0.14 gms!) imitates Henry II's English Sterling's with its central en-face portrait and the sword in the legend.
Lödöse, some 40 km up the Kungsälv River on the Swedish west coast, was for centuries the country's only Western port.
From the L. E. Bruun Collection.
Estimate: €3000 - €4000