Hertogdom Brabant - Johanna en Wenceslaus (1355-1383) - Leeuwengroot ND (1382) Leuven (DW 405 / Vanhoudt G314) – 2.37 gram – Obv. Rampant lion to the left in ring of 12 shields, 1 with a lion and the rest with a holly leaf ✠ MONETA ♣ BRABA’ / Rev. Half long cross pattée with double legend, inner ring legend (starting at 11 o’clock) x I / O DV / C x LO / T • BR / AB, outer ring legend ✠ WENCESL’⠇DEI ⠇GRA ⠇LVCENB ⠇BRAB ⠇ DVX – decently struck VF – rare and of impeccable provenance – with antique ticket - Ex. Auction A. Hess (Luzern) 28 Mar. 1933, lot 2521 -> From the collection of Erzherzog Sigismund of Austria (1826-1891) - Sigismund was the third son of Erzherzog Rainer and while suffering from poor health, had an impressive military career. His poor health froced him to retire to Schloss Gmund later in life and he devoted his entire life to his passions of numismatics and botanics. He never married.