Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 1155. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $435. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE. Royal. François I. 1515-1547. AR Denier Tournois (0.66 g, 6h). Second type. Lyon mint; mm: trefoil. Pair of lis within trilobe; all within pelleted border / Plain cross within quatrelobe; all within pelleted border. Duplessy 869/870 var. (obv./rev.; reverse with pellets in spandrels); cf. Lafaurie 728a; cf. Ciani 1189. VF, toned. Very rare. ($500)