CNG 100, Lot: 665. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Provincial. Besançon (libre ville imperiale). nomine Charles V. Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558. AV Demi ducat d’or (17mm, 1.71 g, 6h). Dated 1655. Charles standing right, holding scepter and orb / Legend in five lines; all within garnished cartouche. Friedberg 79; KM 45. Superb EF, highly lustrous.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, August 1980.