345, Lot: 610. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Philippe IV le Bel (the Fair). 1285–1314. Gros tournois à l’O long et au lis (26mm, 4.10 g, 4h). Struck circa 1298. + BHDICTV SIT HOmЄ DHI nRI DЄI IhV . XPI/+ PhILIPPVS (lis) REX, cross pattée; X with pellets; triple pellet stops / (lis) TVRONVS (lis) CIVIS’, châtel tournois; annulet on T; border of twelve lis. Van Hengel f 4; Duplessy 217; Ciani 200; Roberts 2461. VF, toned.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.