CNG 93, Lot: 1479. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. François I le Pére et Restaurateur des Lettres (the Father and Restorer of Letters). 1515-1547. AV Écu d’or au soliel du Dauphiné (27mm, 3.42 g, 5h). Romans mint; different: crowned R. 3rd emission, after 1528. Coat-of-arms; pellet under second letter / Ornate cross fleurée with voided quatrefoil at center; dolphins in second and third quarters. Duplessy 788; Ciani 1086; Friedberg 359. Near EF.