CNG 100, Lot: 656. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. François I le Pére et Restaurateur des Lettres (the Father and Restorer of Letters). 1515-1547. AV Écu d’or au soleil (27mm, 3.40 g, 5h). Third emission. Lyon mint; mm: pellet under 12th letter of legends. Authorized 21 July 1519. Crowned coat-of-arms; sunburst above / Cross fleurée, with pellet-in-quadrilobe in center and F and lis alternating in angles. Duplessy 775 var.; Ciani 1073; Friedberg 345. Near EF, underlying luster.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Superior (15 June 1978), lot 1062.