379, Lot: 490. Estimate $1000. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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FRANCE, Royal. Charles V le Sage (the Wise). 1364-1380. AV Franc à pied (30mm, 3.77 g, 3h). Uncertain provincial mint. Struck after
1368. Charles standing facing within Gothic portico surrounded by lis, holding sword and scepter surmounted by Hand of Justice. / Cross fleurée, with pellet-in-polylobe in center and lis and crown alternating in angles; all within polylobe, with lis in each angle. Duplessy 360a; Ciani 457a; Friedberg 284. EF, evidence of repair on reverse. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Moreira Collection (Part 2, Superior, 10 December 1988), lot 114.