Auction XXIX – 9 November 2023
Celtic, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, Medieval and World Coins
Th, 09.11.2023, from 2:00 PM CET
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Description
France, Kingdom. Louis XI le Prudent (the Prudent) AV Écu d'or au soleil. Châlons-en-Champagne mint, struck from 2 November 1475. ♛ LVDOVICVS ⦂ DЄI ⦂ GRΛ ⦂ FRΛNCORV ⦂ RЄX, crowned coat-of-arms, sunburst above; pellet below 21st letter / ♛ XPS ⦂ VIꞂCIT ⦂ XPS ⦂ RЄGꞂΛT ⦂ XPS ⦂ IᙏPЄRΛT, cross fleurdelisée with pellet in quadrilobe at centre; pellet below 21st letter. Duplessy 544; Ciani 745; Lafaurie 529; Friedberg 312. 3.47g, 27mm, 4h.
Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.
Ex GK Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XXIV, 28 March 2022, lot 1277;
Ex MDC Monnaies de Collection sarl, Auction 3, 1 December 2017, lot 393 (hammer: EUR 2,500).
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Bidding
| Price realized | 1'100 GBP |
| Starting price | 750 GBP |
| Estimate | 1'250 GBP |
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