Very Rare Piefort

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1510. Estimate $750. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Charles VI le Bien-Aimé/le Fol (the Well-Beloved/the Mad). 1380-1422. BI Piefort gros dit ‘florette” (30mm, 14.84 g, 12h). Struck circa 1417 or later. + kΛROLVS FRΛИCORV RX, three lis; crown above / + SIT nOmЄ’ DnI’ BCИCDICT, cross fleurée; crown in first and fourth quarters; triple pellet stops. Cf. Duplessy 387 (for type); Ciani 525; Lafaurie 391a; cf. Roberts 2881 (for type). Good Fine, minor roughness. Very rare.

From the Michael Joffre Collection. Ex Elsen 101 (13 June 2009), lot 422.