CNG 85, Lot: 1340. Estimate $500. Sold for $430. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. François I le Pére et Restaurateur des Lettres (the Father and Restorer of Letters). 1515-1547. AV Écu d’or à la croisette (25mm, 3.38 g, 8h). Bordeaux mint. Struck 19 March 1541. Crowned royal coat-of-arms; K below shield, ship in legend / Greek cross within tressure of of twelve arches, each ending in lis; Ship in legend. Duplessy 889; Ciani 1091; Friedberg 351; Elsen 88, lot 1214. VF, weakly struck at center. Rare.