353, Lot: 721. Estimate $300. Sold for $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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FRANCE, Royal. Charles VII le Victorieux (the Victorious). 1422-1461. AV Écu d’or neuf à la couronne (29mm, 3.40 g, 11h). Montpellier mint. 2nd emission, 12 August 1445. + • kAROLVS DЄI GRACIA FRAИCORVm RЄX, crowned coat-of-arms; crowned lis to left and right; pellet below 4th letter; double cruciform stops / + • XPC VIИCIT XPC RЄGИAT XPC ImPЄRAT, cross fleurée with central pellet-in-quadrilobe; crown in each angle; all within double linear quadrilobe; pellet below 4th letter; double cruciform stops. Duplessy 511; Ciani 633; Friedberg 307. Fine, lightly toned in devices, once ben and straightened.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, January 1979.