FRANCE, Royal. Charles VI le Bien-Aimé/le Fol (the Well-Beloved/the Mad). 1380-1422. AV Écu d’or (29mm, 4.01 g, 8h). Troyes mint. Third emission, 11 September 1389.Triton XXIII – Session Three – Roman Imperial Coinage Part II through World Coinage Part I World, Gold Sold For $ 1 200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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FRANCE, Royal. Charles VI le Bien-Aimé/le Fol (the Well-Beloved/the Mad). 1380-1422. AV Écu d’or (29mm, 4.01 g, 8h). Troyes mint. Third emission, 11 September 1389. + kAROLVS DЄI GRACIA FRAnCORVm RЄX, crowned coat-of-arms; pellet below 14th letter; double saltire stops / + XP’C VInCIT XP’C RЄGИΛT XP’C IMPЄRΛT, cross fleurdelisée and feuillue; star in center; all within quadrilobe; lis at end of each arc, crown in spandrels; pierced star stops. Cf. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 332 (for type); Duplessy 369B; Ciani 487; Friedberg 291. Toned, hint of verdegris. EF. |