Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1788. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Provincial. Le Maine. Charles III de Valoir. as Count of Anjou and Le Maine, 1290-1317. AR Coronat (1.07 g, 10h). + mOnЄTΛ : CЄnOm, crown; lis below / + SIGnVm : DЄI : VIVI, cross pattée; lis and trefoil in alternating quarters. Poey d'Avant 1613; Boudeau 182 var. (annulets for trefoils); Roberts 4556 var. (same). Good VF, toned. Rare.

From the Leonard O. Greenfield Collection.

The son of Philippe III, king of France, and Isabella de Aragon, Charles III held the appanages of the count of Valois, Alençon, and Perche, and, through his marriage to Margaret, the eldest daughter of Charles II le Boiteux (the Cripple), became the count of Anjou and Le Maine as well. Always desiring to be king, he never attained the title, though he was a son (of Philippe III, king of France), a brother (of Philippe IV, king of France and of Margaret, queen consort of England), and a son-in-law (of Charles II, king of Naples), as well as, after his death, the father (of Philippe VI, king of France).