CNG 94, Lot: 1856. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SPAIN, Cataluña. República Catalana. Lluís XIV de França. Comte de Barcelona, 1641-1643. AR 5 Reales - Medio Escudo (32mm, 11.78 g, 11h). Barcelona mint. Dated 1642. Laureate and draped bust right / Long cross pattée; coat-of-arms at center; annulets and triple pellets in opposite quarter. ME 6965. Good VF, toned. Exceptional for this typically crude issue.
Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (Vico 130, 26 June 2012), lot 649 (HSA 1001.1.26523).