CNG 87, Lot: 1597. Estimate $10000. Sold for $19000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Philippe IV le Bel (the Fair). 1285–1314. AV Petit royal d’or (19mm, 3.93 g, 9h). Struck August 1290. PhILIPPVS DЄI GRACIA, Philippe seated facing on throne, holding lis-tipped scepter and lis / + FR ACO RVm REX, voided and pelleted cross potent, with lis at each end and in each angle. Duplessy 207; Ciani 193; Friedberg 255. Good VF. Rare.

From the John H. McWhinney Collection.