413, Lot: 633. Estimate $150. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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FRANCE, Royal. Hugues Capet. 987–996. AR Denier (20mm, 0.99 g, 12h). Belvacus (Beauvais) mint. Struck by Hervé, Bishop of Beauvais. (HE)[RVEVS HVGO] REX, cross pattée; pellet in second and third quarters / BELV[ΛCVS CIVIT]ΛS,
Carolus monogram. Duplessy 1; Ciani 12-13; Roberts 2251. VF, lightly toned, flatly struck in areas. Typical crude strike. First royal French coin.
From the Norman Frank Collection, purchased from Andy Singer.