CNG 94, Lot: 1990. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-GALLIC. Henry VI. 1422-1461. AV Salut d’Or (26mm, 3.47 g, 65h). Rouen mint; mm: leopard. Étienne Marcel, mintmaster. Second issue, 1433-1444. The Annunciation: the Virgin, nimbate, standing facing, receiving tablet inscribed AVE from the Archangel Gabriel standing left; royal coats-of-arms of France and England before; double-pellet stops, pellet-in-annulet under last letter of legend / Latin cross with lis and leopard passant on either side, h below; all within decalobe, each point ending in lis; star stops, pellet-in-annulet under last letter of legend. Beresford-Jones,
Salutes p. 78, 7 and pl. 1, 15; Elias 270c; Poey d'Avant 3181. Near EF, lightly toned.