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CNG 87, Lot: 1606. Estimate $300.
Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XII le Père du Peuple (the Father of His People). 1498-1515. AV Écu d’or au porc-épic (26mm, 3.35 g, 8h). Bayonne mint. Struck 19 November 1507. + LV∂OVICVS : ∂EI : GRACIA : FRANCOR : REX (anchor) (double annulet stops), crowned coat-of-arms, with two porcupine supporters / + XPS : VINCIT : XPS : REGNAT : XPS : IMPERAT (anchor) (double annulet stops), Greek cross, with L and porcupine in alternating angles. Duplessy 655; Ciani 909; Friedberg 325. VF, a few areas of striking weakness, some flan waviness.


From the John H. McWhinney Collection.