CNG 100, Lot: 657. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. 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 du dauphiné (26mm, 3.42 g, 6h). First emission. Crémieu mint; mm: pellet under 1st letter of legends. Struck before 1528. Coat-of-arms; sunburst above / Cross fleurée, with polylobe in center. Duplessy 782; Ciani 1082; Friedberg 354. Good VF, minor flan waviness.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Superior (15 June 1978), lot 1060.