One of Four Known

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1798. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-GALLIC. Edward III. 1327-1377. BI Gros tournois à la croix mi-longue (25mm, 3.24 g, 11h). + ЄD’ : RЄX ΛnGLIЄ / + BnDICTV : SIT : nOmЄ : DnI : nRI : DEI : IhV · XPI (annulet and double annulet stops), long cross pattée; secret mark: feather between Λ and n / + DVX : ΛQITΛnIЄ, châtel tournois; trefoil of pellets below; all within tressure of arches containing twelve leaves; secret mark: feather between Λ and n. SCBC 8062; Elias 52; Duplessy, Féodales 1056; Elias Collection 75 = Elias, “Un gros tournois d’Aquitaine inédit,” in BSFN 33.8 (October 1978), p. 419; Boudeau –; Poey d'Avant –. Good VF, toned. Exceptional condition. Extremely rare – only the fourth known example.

From the Michael Joffre Collection. Ex Comptoir Général Financier Monnaies 22 (17 March 2005), lot 248 (hammer of €1615).