256, Lot: 604. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Charles V le Sage (the Wise). 1364-1380. AV Franc à pied (27mm, 3.60 g, 2h). Struck 1365. Charles standing facing within Gothic portico surrounded by lis, holding sword and scepter surmounted by the Hand of Justice / Voided cross potent over long cross fleurée; alternating lis and crowns in quarters; to center, pellet-in-annulet within quadrilobe; all within quadrilobe, with lis in each angle;. Duplessy 360; Ciani 457. VF, holed, slightly clipped. Lot also includes: FRANCE, Troisième République. 1870-1940. AV 10 Franc. (19mm, 3.22 g; 6h). Paris mint. Dated 1911. VG 1017.

From the John H. McWhinney Collection