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The Introduction of the Gros Tournois

344, Lot: 569. Estimate $100.
Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis IX (Saint Louis). 1226–1270. AR Gros tournois à l’étoile (26mm, 4.00 g, 3h). Struck 1266-1270. + BHDICTV SIT HOmЄ DHI nRI DЄI IhV XPI/+ LVDOVICVS • REX, cross pattée; triple pellet stops / + TVRONVS CIVIS, châtel tournois; border of twelve lis; star over seventh lis (at bottom). Van Hengel –; Duplessy 190E; Ciani 180; Roberts 2452. Near VF, toned.


From the Michael Joffre Collection.