347, Lot: 634. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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FRANCE, Royal. Jean II le Bon (the Good). 1350-1364. AR Blanc aux quadrilobes (27mm, 2.87 g, 2h). Struck 1355. [+ B]nDITV SIT nOmЄ DnI ИRI DЄI IhV [XPI]/+ IOhAnnES (quadrilobe) RE+, cross pattée; quadrilobe in second and third quarters; triple pellet stops / Large • FRAnC • across field; above and below, crown flanked by lis. Duplessy 299A; Ciani 377; cf. Roberts 2611 (for type). Near VF, roned, areas of weak strike.
From the Michael Joffre Collection.