★ Superb Meißen Bracteate ★

GERMANY, Meißen (Markgrafschaft). Konrad I der Große. 1130-1156. AR Bracteate (36mm, 1.00 g). Castle with tall crenelated central tower flanked by two towers; quatrefoil to inner left, star to inner right; birds facing outward on outer towers; annulets to outer left and right / Incuse of obverse. Kestner 1881-2; Bonhoff 993; Löbbecke 505. Wonderful cabinet toning. Superb EF.

From the Dr. William J. Conte Collection of Bracteates. Ex Dr. Helmut Hahn Collection (Künker 301, 1 February 2018), lot 561; Sotheby’s (9 October 1995), lot 472 (illustrated on front cover); Münzen und Medaillen AG 30 (5 November 1965), lot 94.