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Triton XVI, Lot: 1365. Estimate $4000.
Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. François I le Pére et Restaurateur des Lettres (the Father and Restorer of Letters). 1515-1547. AV Écu d’or à la croisette (26mm, 3.44 g, 2h). Toulouse mint. Struck from 19 March 1541. (sun burst) FRANCISCVS : DEI : G : FRANCOR : REX (escallop), crowned coat-of-arms; M below, annulet below fifth letter / XP’S : VINCIT : XP’S : REGNAT : XP’S : IM (escallop), greek cross within tressure of of twelve arches, each ending in lis; annulet below fifth letter. Duplessy 889; Ciani 1093; Friedberg 362. EF. Rare in this grade.