341, Lot: 545. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Hildesheim (Bistum). Adelhog von Dorstadt. 1170-1190. AR Bracteate (30mm, 0.82 g). VCIOTESN ICNNIEEV, Adelhog, wearing episcopal regalia, enthroned facing, making benedictional sign and holding crozier; cathedral towers flanking / Incuse of obverse. Berger 1077; Mehl 53; Bonhoff 220; Löbbecke 64. Good VF, toned, a couple of minor flan cracks.

From the J. Herbert Collection.