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1262
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FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
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1262
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FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
See original version (French)
Estimate €6,000
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
Louis XIII (1610–1643). Gold shield with sun, 1st type, hammer-struck 1642, A, Paris.
Obverse (at 12 o’clock) (sun) LVDOVICVS. XIII. D. G. FRAN. ET. NAVA. REX. Crowned coat of arms of France.
Reverse (variant) CHRISTVS. REGNAT. VINCIT. ET. IMP. (date). Fleur-de-lis cross with rings, with (mint mark) in the centre.
Dy.1282 - G.55 - Fr.398; Gold - 3.36 g - 26 mm - 7 h
NGC MS 61 (6632268-002).
Hammer-struck, under the supervision of Louis Delacroix (1635–1642) with a cross on the reverse. A ‘4’ on the reverse as the engraver’s mark. The surface is barely tarnished; otherwise, this specimen is close to its mint condition with its original lustre. Rare. Superb in Proof condition.
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