Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 941. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1000. 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 (3.45 g, 5h). 2nd type. Nantes mint. Struck 1540-1541. FRANCISCVS : D : G : FRANCOR : REX : BRITANIE : DVX :, crowned royal coat-of-arms; sun above crown; annulet below shield; crowned F and crowned ermine across field; / (pheon) : DEVS IN ADIVTORIVM : MEVM :INTENDE : N :, cross fleurée with each bar ending in lis; crowned F and crowned ermine in opposite quarters. Duplessy 790 var. = Ciani 1088 var. (arrow pointing upward; no annulet below shield); Lafaurie 652 var. (no annulet below shield; cf. Friedberg 333. Good VF.