CNG 100, Lot: 654. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XII le Père du Peuple (the Father of His People). 1498-1515. AV Écu d’or au porc-épic (26mm, 3.34 g, 12h). Bayonne mint; mm: anchor. Authorized 19 November 1507. Crowned coat-of-arms; porcupine to left and right / Cross fleurée, with L and porcupine alternating in angles. Duplessy 655; Ciani 909; Friedberg 325. VF, toned, some weakness in spots.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Stack’s (4 December 1976), lot 130.