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FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
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1120
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FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
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Estimate €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
John II the Good (1350–1364). Golden sheep ND (1355).
Obv. + AGN. DEI. QVI. TOLL'. PCCA. MVDI. MISERERE. NOB'. Paschal Lamb on the left, head turned to the right, in front of a cross with a banner which cuts across the exergue legend, within a polylobe interrupted at the bottom; in the exergue, IOH' - REX.
Reverse: + XP’C: VINCIT: XP’C: REGNAT: XP’C: IMPERAT, punctuated by two superimposed quatre-lobes. A trefoil cross with leaves, with a rose at its centre within a small angular quadrilobe, flanked by four lilies, within an angular quadrilobe flanked by eight small lilies.
Dy.291 - Fr.280; Gold - 4.66 g - 29.6 mm - 5 h
This is the second-highest grade (6)!
NGC MS 62 (8769661-030).
Beautifully struck, with sharp relief and a well-detailed sheep. Minimal circulation wear, with a lovely golden patina on the fields. Superb in proof condition.
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