Triton XVIII, Lot: 1521. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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FRANCE, Provincial. Toulouse. Pons. 1037-1060. AR Denier (19mm, 1.37 g, 11h). Aianrigo (Toulouse) mint. POИCIO COИES, large staurogram; pellet above each end of crossbar / + ΛIΛHRGO, REX in circular pattern. Duplessy,
Féodales 1203; Poey d'Avant 3660 and pl. LXXIX, 18; Roberts 4206; cf. De Wit 256 (obol). Good VF, toned. Rare.
From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex Crinon-Alde 51 (14 June 2010), lot 249.
The royal title on the reverse of this issue refers to the French king Henri I (1031-1060) who was a blood relative of count Pons.