CNG 111, Lot: 931. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Provincial. Aquitaine. Charles, Duc de Berry. 1469-1472. AV Hardi d’or (30mm, 3.43 g, 6h). Bordeaux mint. (lis) (star) KAROLVS DVX AQVITAИIЄ, crowned half-length figure of Charles facing, holding sword in left hand and pointing at it with his right, within tressure of arches; trilobe stops / (lis) (star) XPC : VInCIT : XPC : RЄGIIΛT : XPC : IMPЄRΛT, cross fleurdelisée et feuilluée; c within central quadrilobe; lis and leopard passant in quarters; all within decalobe with pellet at end of each arc. Cf. Duplessy, Féodales 1149 (for type); Poey D’Avant 3145 (same); Boudeau 519. Good VF, minor doubling and trace of die rust.