an old silver coin with a crown on top of itan old silver coin with a cross on it on a white surface
Maître Sylvie DAGOT

31 - "SILVER – QUART D’ECU of HENRY IV – (1589 to 1610).
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Estimate €50 - €80
Description
"SILVER – QUART D’ECU of HENRY IV – (1589 to 1610). + HENRICVS . IIII . NAVA. REX 1603, a leaf cross with a dotted quatrefoil in the centre. Reverse: SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTVM, crowned escutcheon of France flanked by II II – Distinctive ‘L’ (and marine anchor) for BAYONNE at the tip of the escutcheon with the mint master’s mark Merson Duvivier. D 1224 – 28.5 mm – 9.38 g – Very Fine – note: according to Stéphane Sombart (his work *Franciae IV*), only 5 coins of this date have been found for Bayonne. - Expert Mr J-P PINON
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