LOT 3652
France. Henry III AV Écu d'or au soleil. Dated 1578. Bourges mint.
HENRICVS • III • D ✱ G FRஃAN • ET • P • REX 1578 •Y•, shield of France / + CHRISTVS • REGNAT • VINCIT • ET • IMPERAT, lilied cross. Duplessy 1121A; Ciani 1408; Laf. 960. Near Very Fine. Slightly double struck.(2.84gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFound Winchfield, Hart, Hampshire, UK, 2015.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SUR-706C02.
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France, Kingdom. Philippe IV 'le Bel' (the Fair) AR Gros Tournois. 1285-1290.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
✠ BHDICTV ⁝ SIT ⁝ HOᙏЄ ⁝ DHI ⁝ ꞂRI ⁝ DЄI ⁝ IҺV. XPI in outer margin, ✠ PҺILIPPVS REX in inner margin, short cross pattée / ✠ TVROHVS CIVIS around châtel tournois within border of twelve lis. NGC graded GENUINE (#8230595-016).
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Gallic, Henry VI AR Grand blanc. Struck 1422-1449. Rouen mint; i.m: leopard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
(Leopard) FRAHCORVᙏ ⁝ ЄT ⁝ AHGLIЄ ⁝ RЄX, coats-of-arms of France and England; hЄRICVS with macron above / (Leopard) SIT ⁝ ꞂOᙏЄИ ⁝ DꞂI ⁝ BЄИЄDICTV, latin cross; lis to left, leopard passant to right; hЄRICVS with macron below. SCBC 8166. 2.96gr, 27mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Spink, sale 5020, lot 0288. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
France, Kingdom. Philippe III to IV AR Gros Tournois. 1270-1290.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
✠ BHDICTV ⁝ SIT ⁝ HOᙏЄ ⁝ DHI ⁝ ꞂRI ⁝ DЄI ⁝ IҺV. XPI in outer margin, ✠ PҺILIPPVS REX in inner margin, short cross pattée / ✠ TVROHVS CIVIS around châtel tournois within border of twelve lis. NGC graded GENUINE (#8230595-021).
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
