209, Lot: 473. Estimate $100. Sold for $126. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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FRANCE, Provence. Robert d’Anjou. 1309-1343. AR Gros Tournois (28mm, 3.54 g, 11h). Contemporary imitation. Uncertain issuer in Asia Minor. Robert seated facing on throne with lions’ heads, holding lis-tipped scepter and globus cruciger; blundered legend around / Cross fleurée with lis in each quarter; blundered legend around. Cf. Poey d'Avant 982 (for prototype); cf. Schlumberger, pl. XVII, 17-8; cf. Slocum, 929. VF, clipped, some faint scratches, area of flat strike. Rare.