CNG 87, Lot: 1607. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. 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 au soliel (26mm, 3.32 g, 12h). Toulouse mint (pellet under fifth letter). 3rd emission, 21 July 1519. (trefoil) FRANCISCVS : DEI : GRACIA : FRANCO : REX ·, crowned coat-of-arms; sunburst above / (trefoil) XPS : VINCIT : XPS : REGNAT : XPS : IMPERAT, cross fleurée with central pellet-in quadrilobe; F and lis in alternating angles. Duplessy 775; Ciani 1073; Friedberg 345. VF, a few marks.

From the John H. McWhinney Collection.