ANGLO-GALLIC. Henry VI. 1422-1461. AV Salute d’or (27mm, 3.50 g, 4h). Saint-Lô mint; im: lis. Arnoulet Rame, mintmaster. Second issue, authorized 6 September 1423.

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ANGLO-GALLIC. Henry VI. 1422-1461. AV Salute d’or (27mm, 3.50 g, 4h). Saint-Lô mint; im: lis. Arnoulet Rame, mintmaster. Second issue, authorized 6 September 1423. (lis) ҺЄИRICVS : DЄI : GRA : FRACORV : Z : AGLIЄ : RЄX, the Annunciation: the Virgin, standing facing, receiving tablet inscribed AVЄ from the Archangel Gabriel standing left; heavenly light above, two coats-of-arms below / (lis) XPC · VIИCIT · XPC · REGИAT · XPC · ImPERAT (mullet stops, first inverted), Latin cross; lis to left, lion passant to right; Һ below; all within tressure of ten arcs; lis at point of each arc. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe C17; AGC 387A, 2/a; Beresford-Jones, Salutes 12; Beresford-Jones, Anglo-Gallic 550/561; Elias 271; Schneider 119; SCBC 8164. Toned, slightly double struck in legends. EF.

From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex World-Wide Coins of California (James F. Elmen) (15 November 2012), lot 101.

‘Under Henry VI there was struck what as to remain one of the most highly esteemed coins of the century: the salut d’or, having as obverse type a representation of the Annunciation above the shields of France and England. It owed its reputation at least in part to its convenience, for it was of the same weight and value as the gold florin and the English half-noble, but was also a coin of great beauty and charm.’ Grierson, p.193.

Closing Date and Time: 25 March 2020 at 11:48:00 ET.

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