Double Hardi in the Name of Henry

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1858. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-GALLIC. Henry IV-VI. 1399-1461. AR Double hardi d’argent (24mm, 1.95 g, 5h). + ЄnRICVS · RЄX · ΛnGLIЄ (annulet stops), crowned half-length facing bust of Henry in arch; annulet over crown / FRΛnC IЄ · D nS · ΛQI TΛnI (annulet stops), long cross pattée; leopard in first and fourth quarters, lis in second and third. SCBC 8146; Elias 232; Duplessy, Féodales 1139; Elias Collection 341 (this coin); Boudeau –; cf. Poey d'Avant 3115 (Henry IV). Fine/VF, toned. Very rare.

From the Michael Joffre Collection, purchased from Steve Ford. Ex Finn FPL 16 (1999), no. 512; E.R. Duncan Elias Collection (Spink 77, 21 June 1990), lot 341, purchased from de Mey, 1978.