Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1847. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $1750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Provincial. Chinon. Struck after 954 AD. AR Denier Tournoise (1.41 gm). TVRON, diademed and draped bust right / +CAINON CASTRO, cross. Poey d'Avant 1669; Roberts 5051; Depeyrot 322. Toned VF. Rare. ($2500)

The first coins from Chinon, deniers with the name and portrait of Louis IV d'Outremer (936-954 AD), were replaced by anonymous portrait issues on the standard of the Tours deniers, the trade coin of medieval France. This coin was the prototype for a long series of increasingly degenerate portrait coins that were struck in numerous locations through the 13th century.