Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1766. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Philippe III le Hardi (the Bold). 1270–1285. AR Gros tournois (4.04 g, 9h). Struck 1270-1280. + BNDICTV · SIT · NOmЄ · DNI · nRI · DЄI · IhV · XPI/+ PhILIPVS · REX (h barred; triple pellet stops), cross pattée / + TVRONVS · CIVIS, châtel tournois; border of twelve lis. Duplessy 202; Ciani 188; Roberts 2454. Good VF.

From the Leonard O. Greenfield Collection.

The son of Louis IX, Philippe III earned his nickname le hardi (the bold) on account of his abilities in combat and horsemanship, not in politics and charisma. Throughout his reign, he was dominated by those around him, the most famous being his uncle, Charles I d’Anjou, the king of Sicily.