336, Lot: 453. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOW COUNTRIES, Brabant (Hertogdom). Karel II (Karel V Rooms-keizer). 1506-1555. AV Écu d’or au soleil (26mm, 3.39 g, 3h). Antwerp mint; im: leaf/hand. (15)54. Crowned coat-of-arms; vuurijzer on either side / Cross fleurée with central tetralobe; bars ending in lis; alternating imperial eagle and tower in angles; pellet stops on line below. G&H 186-1; Delmonte, Or 102; Friedberg 62. Good VF, lightly toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, HSA 16867.