Triton XXI, Lot: 1045. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Provincial. Lorraine (duché). Charles III le Grand (the Great). 1545-1608. AR Écu (40mm, 27.86 g, 11h). Nancy mint. Dated 1554. + FECIT · POTENTIAM · IN · BRACHIO · SVO · 1554, armored half-length bust right, holding sword over shoulder / + CARO · D · G · CAL · LOTH · BAR · GVEL (leaf) DVX, crowned coat-of-arms. Flon 627, 4; de Saulcy pl. XIX, 3; Boudeau –; Davenport 3983 (Germany). Fine, toned. Extremely rare – only one example on CoinArchives.