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FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
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1194
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FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,800
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
Charles IX (1560–1574). Gold shield beneath a sun, 1562, OA, Orléans.
Obverse (at 12 o’clock) CAROLVS. IX. D. G. FRANCO. REX. (variant) (date). Crowned Shield of France beneath a sun.
Rev. (sun) CHRISTVS. REGNAT. VINCIT. ET. IMPERAT. Fleur-de-lis cross with (mint mark) within a heart-shaped curved lozenge.
Dy.1057 – G.442 – Fr.378 – Kind/BnF cf. 1274 (1563); Gold – 3.32 g – 25 mm – 10 h
From the Stucker collection, Numismatic History of Protestantism, É. Bourgey auction, 21–23 November 1977, lot 2, then Félix Couchard collection, Drouot auction, 22 February 2023, lot 126, then Bastien Mikolajczak collection.
Minor knocks and a few scratches; the blank is slightly warped. Golden patina. Rare. Very Good.
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