347, Lot: 656. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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FRANCE, Royal. Charles VII le Victorieux (the Victorious). 1422-1461. AR Blanc à la couronne (27mm, 2.69 g, 3h). Bourges mint. Struck 1447. + RROLVS : FRΛnCORVm : RЄX : B, shield of France within trilobe; crowns in voids; initial O in legend pointed / + SIT : nOmЄ DnI : BЄnЄDICTVm : B, cross pattée; crown in first and fourth quarters, lis in second and third quarters; all within quadrilobe; initial O in legend pointed. Duplessy 519A; Ciani –; cf. Roberts 3005 (for type). VF, toned.
From the Michael Joffre Collection.