Triton XVIII, Lot: 1516. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Provincial. Metz (évêché). Thiéri V de Boppart. Bishop, 1365-1384. AR Gros (26mm, 3.35 g, 7h). TIEODC’ EPS’ mETE’, bishop in episcopal regalia standing facing, raising right hand in benediction, and holding crozier in left; rosette stops in legend / + BHDICTV’ SIT nOmЄ’ DHI’ nRI IhV’XPI’/GRO SVS mE TES, cross pattée; annulet and double annulet stops in legend. Robert 1; Boudeau 1641; Roberts –; De Wit 541. Superb EF, toned.

From the RAJ Collection. Reportedly purchased from Charles H. Wolfe III, 1998.