347, Lot: 670. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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FRANCE, Provincial. Bretagne (duché). François II. 1458-1488. AR Gros à l’écu (28mm, 3.60 g, 11h). Nantes mint. + : FRΛnCISCVS . BRITOnVm . DVX . (ermine) :, shield of Bretagne / + : SIT : nOmЄn : DnI : BЄnЄDICTVm : (ermine) :, cross fleurée with n in central quadrilobe; top of each arch surmounted by pellet. Duplessy,
Féodales 337A; Poey d'Avant 1322; cf. Roberts 6185 (for type). Near VF, toned, area of deposits.
From the Michael Joffre Collection.