CNG 87, Lot: 1600. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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FRANCE, Royal. Jean II le Bon (the Good). 1350-1364. AV Mouton d’or (30mm, 4.71 g, 8h). Struck 17 January 1355. + AGn’ ° DЄI ° QVI ° TOLL ° PЄCA ° mVDI ° mISЄRЄRЄ ° nOB’,
agnus Dei standing left, head right, wearing nimbus crown; behind, long cross fleurée with banner; IOh’ RЄX below; all within polylobe of thirteen arches / + XP’C : VIИCIT : XP’C : RЄGИAT : XP’C : IMPЄRAT (double quadrilobe stops), voided cross potent over long cross fleurée; in center, rosette within quadrilobe anglé; lis in each angle; all within quadrilobe anglé, with lis in each spandrel. Duplessy 291; Ciani 354; Friedberg 280. VF, flan slightly wavy.
From the John H. McWhinney Collection.