Exceptional Strike

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1396. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Philippe V le Long (the Tall). 1316–1322. AR Gros Tournois (4.15 g, 11h). Struck circa March 1318. + BHDICTV SIT HOmE DHI nRI DEI IhV XPI/+ PhILIPPVS (trefoil) REX, short cross pattée / + TVRONVS ‘CIVIS, châtel tournois; border of twelve lis. Duplessy 238; Ciani 244; Roberts 2471. Superb EF. Exceptional example.