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FRANCE / FEUDAL - FRANCE / FEUDAL
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1391
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FRANCE / FEUDAL - FRANCE / FEUDAL
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Estimate €6,000
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE / FEUDAL - FRANCE / FEUDAL
Aquitaine, Edward III (1325–1362). Golden Leopard, 3rd issue of the ND series (July 1357), Bordeaux.
Obverse: + EDWARDVS: DEI: GRA: ANGLIE: FRANCIE: REX. A crowned leopard passing to the left, within a trefoil-shaped polylobe flanked by four-leaf clovers, except for a star at 2 o’clock.
Reverse: + XP'C: VINCIT: XP'C: REGNAT: XP'C: IMPERAT. A trefoil cross with floral decoration, featuring a rose within a heart-shaped, angular quadrilobe, flanked by four leopards, within an angular quadrilobe flanked by four-leaf clovers.
AGC.44 (4b) - El.39 - Dy.1051B - Fr.4; Gold - 3.59 g - 28.5 mm - 3 h
This is the second-highest grade (2)! From the Carrington collection and previously purchased from Seaby in 1981.
PCGS AU55 (58337063).
A small metal defect in the leopard’s tail, barely scratched. Slight edge wear on the left. The strike is slightly weak in the centre, with light circulation wear. Golden patina. TTB.
* Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, implemented in national law from 1 January 2025, buyers from within the EU must pay 5.5% VAT on the hammer price of this lot.
* Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, which comes into force in national law on 1 January 2025, the successful bidder from within the EU must also pay 5.5% VAT on this lot.
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