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FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
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1163
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FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
See original version (French)
Estimate €4,000
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
Henry VI of England (1422–1453). Gold ‘Salut’ coin, 2nd issue, undated (1422), minted at Saint-Lô.
Obverse (mint mark) HERICVS: DEI: GRA: FRACORV: Z: AGLIE: REX. The Archangel Gabriel standing before the Virgin Mary, to whom he holds out a scroll bearing the word AVE, behind the joined coats of arms of France and England; above, the rays of the sun.
Reverse (mint mark) XPC* VINCIT* XPC* REGNAT* XPC* IMPERAT. A plain Latin cross flanked by a lily and a leopard, beneath which is an uncial H, within a fleur-de-lis-adorned polylobe.
Dy.443A - AGC.387E - Fr.301; Gold - 3.49 g - 27.5 mm - 1 h
NGC MS 66 (8769676-012).
Featuring a bezant beneath the ‘E’ of ‘REX’ and the ‘R’ of ‘IMPERAT’. In its original struck condition with a golden patina. Very high technical grade. Proof-like.
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