Extremely Rare Sterling à la Tête Barbue

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1810. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-GALLIC. Edward III. 1327-1377. BI Esterlin à la tête barbue (17.5mm, 0.82 g, 2h). Dax mint. Struck 1356-circa 1360. +DVX : [ΛQITΛNIЄ], crowned and bearded facing head (of leopard?) / [CIVI TΛS] AQn SIS, long cross patée; trefoil in first quarter, crowns in second and third quarters, crown and pellet in fourth quarter. SCBC 8071; Elias 71 var.; Duplessy, Féodales 1076 var.; Elias Collection 146 var.; Boudeau –; Poey d'Avant 2801 var. (legend and quarters). VF, crude, brown and green surfaces. An unpublished variety of an extremely rare issue.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.