389, Lot: 932. Estimate $400. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Charles VIII l'Affable (the Affable). 1483-1498. AV Écu d’or au soleil (27mm, 3.44 g, 7h). Limoges mint; mm: pellet under 10th letter of legends. Second emission, authorized 8 July 1494. Crowned coat-of-arms; sunburst above / Cross fleurée, with polylobe in center. Duplessy 575A; Ciani 794; Friedberg 318. Good VF, areas of weak strike.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from Almanzar’s.