CNG 99, Lot: 1001. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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FRANCE, Provincial. Metz (évêché). Anonymous issue. 14th-16th centuries. AR Gros (27mm, 2.84 g, 9h). (coat-of-arms) BИDICTV’ · SIT : nOmЄ’ · DИI’ · IhV’ · XPI’ ·/GRO SSV S (rosette) m ETE (annulet and double annulet stops), cross pattée with stars in quarters / S’ · STEPh’ · P ROThO’ · m’ · (rosette stops), nimbate St. Étienne kneeling left between two coats-of-arms;
manus Dei above. Robert p. 213, 4; Boudeau 1659-60. Good VF, toned.
From the Michael Joffre Collection.