CNG 99, Lot: 993. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Philippe III le Hardi (the Bold) or Philippe IV le Bel (the Fair). 1270-1285 or 1285–1314. AR Gros tournois à l’O rond (26mm, 4.04 g, 10h). Struck 1280-1290. + PHILIPPVS REX/ + BHDICTV : SIT : HOmЄ : DHI : nRI : DЄI : IhV. XPI (triple pellet stops), small cross pattée / + TVRONVS CIVIS, châtel tornouis within border of twelve lis. Van Hengel 600.04; Duplessy 213; Ciani 201; Lafaurie 217. EF, toned. Well struck. Exceptional.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.