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1266
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FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
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1266
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FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
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Estimate €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
Louis XIII (1610–1643). Half-écu of gold with a sun, 1st type, hammer-struck 1639, A, Paris.
Obverse (at 12 o’clock) LVDOVICVS. XIII. D: G. FRAN. ET. NAVA. REX. Crowned coat of arms of France beneath a sun.
Reverse (variant) CHRISTVS. REGNAT. VINCIT. ET. IMP. (date). Fleur-de-lis cross with a ring, bearing (mint mark) in the centre.
Dy.1283 - G.53 - Fr.399; Gold - 1.68 g - 21.5 mm - 7 h
PCGS Genuine Cleaned-AU Detail (46152926).
By master Louis Delacroix (1635–1642) with a cross on the reverse. A 4th-point mark on the reverse as the engraver’s mark. Slightly veiled blank. A few micro-scratches and hairline marks. Very rare. Almost Superb.
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