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1199
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FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
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1199
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FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
Charles IX (1560–1574). Trial coin of the Tournai denier, Our Lady (before 1569), Lyon.
Obv. + CAROLVS. VIIII. Rev. G. FRAN REX. Two lilies in a trefoil flanked by three small rings.
Rev. + SIT. NOMEN. DNI. BENEDIC (variant) (clover). Cross within a ringed quatrefoil, flanked by four small clovers.
LP.939; Silver – 1.11 g – 19 mm – 6 h
Top Pop: this is the only graded specimen! From the H. M[eyer] collection, Rollin and Feuardent (auctioneers), Paris, 26 May to 14 June 1902, no. 985 and pl. X.
NGC MS 62 (6631355-081 (1483-98, sic!)).
No date or mint mark, but with a 12th-point on the reverse and a clover for Lyon. Different ‘M’ from Claude Monnier (1556–1569). Large blank and a very fine strike, with a very high silver fineness. Beautiful grey collector’s patina. Superb in Proof condition.
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