CNG 94, Lot: 1695. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XIII le Juste (the Just). 1610–1643. AV Louis d’or à la mèche courter (24mm, 6.73 g, 6h). Paris mint. Dated 1642. Laureate head right / Crowned cruciform double L monogram around mint letter in annulet; lis in quarters. Droulers 26; Duplessy 1298; Ciani 1613; Friedberg 410. EF, traces of luster, small die break and flan flaw on edge of reverse.

From the James Fox Collection. Ex Gallia Collection (Christie’s, 6 October 1987), lot 235.