Details
LOT 3648
France AE Jeton. Time of Louis XI le Prudent, 1461-1483.
Issue of Dauphiné. Contemporary imitation? (Lis) AVE (voided five-rayed star) ᙏARIA (voided five-rayed star) GRACA, dolphin to left / Legend around cross in form of four keys clockwise with central motif and lis in angles. For a similar example see Feuardent, Jetons 11300. Near Very Fine.(4.26gr, 27mm.).
Provenance
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
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