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Triton XVIII, Lot: 1822. Estimate $2000.
Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-GALLIC. Henry of Lancaster. As Earl of Lancaster, 1347-1351. BI Gros tournois au léopard au-dessus (23mm, 1.90 g, 7h). Bergerac mint. + hЄnR COm LΛnCΛST/ [+ BnDICTV : SIT : ]nOm[Є : DnI : nRI : DЄI] (double annulet stops), short cross pattée; secret marks: cross on L / + DnS BRΛGΛRΛCI, châtel tournois with cross on spire and three annulets within; above, leopard to left; all within tressure of ten arches containing leaves. SCBC 8109; Elias 129d; Elias, Bergerac 4.5.1; Duplessy, Féodales 996; cf. Elias Collection 230; Boudeau 455 var. (legend); Poey d'Avant 697-8 var. (same). VF, toned, flat strike towards edge. Very rare.


From the Michael Joffre Collection. Ex Comptoir Général Financier Monnaies 22 (17 March 2005), lot 221.