309, Lot: 471. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SPAIN, Cataluña. República Catalana. Luís XIV de França. Comte de Barcelona, 1641-1643. AR 5 Reales – Medio Escudo (33mm, 11.36 g, 7h). Barcelona mint. Dated 1642. Laureate and draped bust right / Long cross pattée; coat-of-arms at center; annulets and triple pellets in opposite quarters. ME 6965; Duplessy 1387. Fine, deeply toned, scratches. Crude, as typically encountered.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.57.756).