CNG 91, Lot: 1212. Estimate $750. Sold for $575. 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 soleil (27mm, 3.42 g, 7h). Montpellier mint (pellet under fourth letter). 3rd emission, 21 July 1519. Crowned coat-of-arms; sunburst above / Cross fleurée with central pellet-in quadrilobe; F and lis in alternating angles. Duplessy 775; Ciani 1073; Friedberg 345. VF, underlying luster.