Extremely Rare Gonzagan Écu

CNG 103, Lot: 1011. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Provincial. Nevers & Rethel (duché). Charles II Gonzaga. 1601-1637. AR Écu – Tallero (41.5mm, 24.24 g, 12h). Charleville mint. Struck circa 1628. Crowned double-headed eagle, wings spread, with globus on breast / Coat-of-arms over cruciform columns. Poey d’Avant –; Bignotti –; Magnaguti VII 811; Davenport 3840. VF, toned. Extremely rare.

Ex Astarte XX (30 October 2009), lot 308.